This afternoon, the House of Lords voted on a crucial amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which could disarm the most nature-damaging aspects of the bill.

Otters, beavers and dormice are among the threatened wildlife which could be put at risk by new planning proposals, green groups have warned.

Labour's proposed Bill ‘impacts on the natural world severely' as thousands of homes could be ‘built faster' on smaller sites ...

Plans for a housing development on a former quarry site in Mansfield have resurfaced – after the original ones were thrown out by the council and the government.