Planning

A long-awaited £41.5m road improvement scheme, described as a “game changer” for Nottinghamshire, has been formally approved by government.

An adult gaming centre says lifting existing restrictions to allow it to operate 24-hours-a-day would be ‘justified’.

A national housebuilder has been advised to back off by a resident at an important planning hearing.

A £280,000 improvement programme will begin at a town car park this month.

Plans to convert a lower ground floor office into a new driving test centre have been approved.

A new scheme that will bring 700 highly-skilled jobs to the area is expected to be nodded through by the county council’s planning committee

A building housing a Prezzo restaurant has gone up for sale, but the Italian chain has confirmed it has no plans to leave the town.

A hall built during the reign of James VI and described as ‘the jewel’ of a town’s architectural heritage is to be reroofed to prevent its decay.

A Government inspector’s scrutiny of a planning document has uncovered why the fate of an MoD site has not been settled.

A new name has been lined up to take over an empty Argos unit.

One of a town’s most established pubs is being given a new lease of life to fight back against the competition.

Plans to increase the number of children from 16 to 21 at a family-run nursery have been approved - despite concerns about ‘excessive’ noise.

Plans for a housing development on a military site will be reassessed, a Government inspector has been told.

Plans to build a micro-energy storage facility in Spalding have been given the green light.

Housebuilders have appealed against a council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a village development.

A developer has told neighbouring business owners he has no intention of ousting them.

Residents have the chance to hear about revised plans for a new quarry operation.

The fate of a former army barracks is proving controversial once again as public scrutiny of a council's 'local plan' begins.

Plans for a new M&S Foodhall have been approved by councillors.

A parade of former council houses is being sold with each property priced £195,000.