EXCLUSIVE: Furious residents living in stunning countryside are fighting plans to build a giant solar farm the size of 120 football pitches on a 200-acre greenbelt site in Leicestershire
Remember ‘localism’ – when David Cameron was going to return powers to local people when it came to things like planning? If that is how the Conservatives’ 14 years in power began, they seem to be ending with the opposite: with Michael Gove threatening to seize the planning reins from Sadiq Khan and get more
We spoke to Roger Mortlock who leads the Countryside charity - the CPRE - formally the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England and Emma Revell who specialises in housing matters for the right leaning think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies.
A MEGA-reservoir proposed by Thames Water is coming in for criticism from local residents and environmental groups. The 150 billion litre reservoir is earmarked.