Latest News in South East

Sussex home bid criticised

Controversy is mounting on plans for 520 homes in an East Sussex area of outstanding natural beauty after local resident broadcaster David Dimbleby voiced objections.

Controversial scheme receives go-ahead

A controversial scheme proposed opposite Hampton Court Palace has received the final go-ahead from Elmbridge Borough Council.

Adonis takes up rail-air hub

The government could build an international rail interchange at Heathrow Airport as well as a third runway, transport minister Lord Adonis has said.

Planning Appeal Casebook

DC Casebook: Mixed Use Development - Precedent fears rule out tall building

A mixed scheme in a Kent town centre has been judged excessively harmful and likely to create an undesirable precedent for further tall buildings in the area.

In Depth

Skill push gains impetus

Ministers have recognised the need to plug the skills gap in response to a select committee report but still have some way to go to sell planning as a career, Domenic Donatantonio finds.

Legal Report - Claimants struggle with meaning of promptness

Last October's Court of Appeal ruling in Finn-Kelcey v Milton Keynes Council and MK Windfarm Ltd [2008] has reopened the old chestnut of the time limit for issuing judicial review proceedings.

Transport pace-setter

MVA Consultancy chief executive Nigel Ash believes that the transport planning sector will continue to thrive and his firm expand despite the worldwide slowdown, Vicki Shiel reports.

Rocks and hard places

Despite the current downturn, economic resilience and job creation can still be pursued without setting aside vital planning objectives for sustainable development, Liane Hartley argues.