The U.K. government pledged to build an power distribution grid offshore, removing one of the barriers to expanding wind and tidal energy planning to new plants to generate electricity.  The commitment was included in a “program for government” today by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, which last week agreed to form a coalition.

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Ministers have confirmed that “radical” reform of the planning system will be central to the new coalition Government’s programme with the scrapping of Regional Spatial Strategies, the abolition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission and the adoption of the Conservative’s ‘localism’ agenda.

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The Prince of Wales has been accused of abusing his position to derail the Chelsea Barracks development by the president of the Royal Institute of British Architects

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CONSULTANTS will this week begin drawing up a masterplan to bring 25,000 new jobs and 5,000 new homes to the centre of Southampton by 2026.

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PM announces commitment to 10:10 campaign during visit to Department of Energy and Climate Change with Chris Huhne

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The new coalition Government's scrapping of a third runway at Heathrow airport reflects the manifesto promises of both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties.  The decision, confirmed in details of the coalition agreement announced today, will anger

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Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, today made a plea to David Cameron to shelter the capital from cuts to major projects.

The Conservative mayor joked that he expected Cameron to be confirmed as prime minister by mid-morning as he warned the new government that it was "in the national interest" to protect London from cuts.

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The price of residential development land has risen at its fastest rate for five years as the supply is unable to keep pace with growing demand, research showed.  The average cost of land for residential developments jumped by 11.5% during the year to the end of March, the strongest rate of growth since the first quarter of 2005, according to estate agent Knight

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London City Airport has been dragged, against its better judgment, into a row between protesters against flights and the makers of Red Bull, the energy drink. The latter want to build a mini-aerodrome next to London City to help with an air race they run along the Thames each year

A property developer has been awarded £500 after Powys council moved a family of Gypsies onto land without first obtaining planning consent.....

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