A significant proportion of senior officers and councillors fear vulnerable people are being disproportionately negatively affected by the rise in the number of homes built through permitted ...

The government has announced it is widening controversial permitted development rights so developers can demolish empty buildings and replace them with new-build housing – without planning permission ...

In April 2014 it became permitted development in parts of England to change the use of an agricultural building, and any land immediately surrounding it, to residential. This is known as a Class Q ...