Planning

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.

Plans to construct three homes on a town street could finally get the go ahead.

A unit of parcel lockers must be removed after failing to gain retrospective planning permission.

A village child minding business will learn whether it can increase the number of youngsters it looks after by more than 25% this week.

An application to make changes to a micro-energy storage box look set to be given the green light.

A medieval ‘mystery’ about the habits of friars could be solved with the redevelopment of part of a hospital site.

Plans have been lodged to convert a former RAF base into a waste management facility.

Residents and councillors were out in force to strongly object to an appeal by a firm to build an asphalt plant in a village.

After seven years, a landmark sculpture, built to honour the region’s Second World War links with RAF Bomber Command, has been erected.

Plans to convert a disused Methodist chapel into a home were refused after the idea was deemed ‘unacceptable’.

Work on 11 new council homes is likely to begin by the end of the year.

A new service will support mental health patients leaving hospital.

An extra 400-plus caravans will be added to Butlins in Ingoldmells after a plan for the expansion of the holiday camp was approved.

The first phase of planning for more than 1,800 new homes near Claypole have been narrowly approved, despite reservations from residents and members.

Plans to convert part of a former music school into residential flats have been approved by council officers.

The green light has been given to plans to temporarily move a gym into a town centre college building.

Plans for a puppy farm at a rural site have been refused following animal welfare concerns.

Residents and councillors have raised concerns over the impact of more than 400 new homes on land close to the county border.