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A new national construction centre will provide thousands of young people with the building skills they need to refurbish the nation’s homes…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Andrew Stunell has announced that next year’s Green Flag Award application round is open, and urged groups that manage green spaces and parks…
Housing Minister Grant Shapps today called on councils and housing associations across the country to help their tenants during this time of…
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today joined ex-footballer and sustainability campaigner Gary Neville in Sheffield to open a revolutionary…
Richard Benyon’s speech at the Green Infrastructure Partnership launch
Local Government Minister Bob Neill responds to an article in the Telegraph claiming that planning reforms will threaten historic towns and …
Our planning system reforms won’t create a planning free-for-all (as has been suggested in the Daily Mail). What they will do is put local people…
The Department responds to an article in the Telegraph claiming that the National Planning Policy Framework will result in house prices being…
The Department responds to an article in the Telegraph suggesting that new planning laws could lead to tens of thousands of “uninhabitable and…
The Department responds to an article in the Daily Telegraph suggesting that the Green Belt will have ‘no protection’ under the National Planning…
Re definition of sustainable development: “We utterly reject the accusation that the building of new homes needs to be at the expense of…
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell responds to suggestions that the National Planning Policy Framework will threaten allotments. Mr Stunell…
Building new homes to greener, low-carbon standards is getting cheaper every year, according to a new report published today by Communities …
Andrew Stunell responds in full to an article in the Sunday Telegraph suggesting that the Government’s planning reforms put the Green Belt in…
A new, simpler framework for the planning system that safeguards the environment while meeting the need for sustainable growth has been published…
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell tours the University of Salford’s 'Energy House'.
Transcript of the speech as delivered. Thanks Hank and Peter for having me back. Every time I come to the Building Research Establishment…
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today warned that a lack of creativity could lead to Scandinavian-style “eco-bling” homes dominating our neighbourhoods…
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has heralded the St Austell eco development for showing the rest of the country how to create the sustainable…
A major change to planning policy that will get development back on track and ensure protection for the environment has been published today…
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