A map of rent per square metre for renters in England and Wales If you rent, you probably don’t think in square metres. You think about how many bedrooms and space you can actually get for your monthl...

How did local legal institutions power the British Industrial Revolution? In a new working paper, available here in open access, Tim Besley, Dan Bogart, Jonathan Chapman and I show that Justices of…

More than £450mn used for obtaining permission for road tunnel scheme

John Myers, Director of YIMBY Alliance, outlines the homes already being unlocked by Labour's new reforms to low-quality 'grey belt' land

Special Development Orders in the Town and Country Planning Act not only show zoning of the past but also look to the potential of the future.

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This report identifies possible locations for large-scale urban extensions each with good access to one of 15 big cities by public transport.

The move is part of what ministers say will be a "sweeping overhaul" of England's local planning system.