Ten of the biggest non-NPPF-related stories from the past week, including news that housing secretary James Brokenshire has overruled an inspector's recommendation and refused permission for 120 homes in South Oxfordshire.

Brokenshire gave "very significant weight" to a recently-made neighbourhood plan. More.

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision to refuse planning consent for a 400-home development close to a Grade I-listed country house in Derbyshire. More.

A telecommunications company's legal challenge against a Planning Inspectorate decision to refuse to consider to series of planning appeals related to the proposed installation of new telephone kiosks has been rejected by a High Court judge. More.

The government has issued a call for evidence for a previously promised 'end-to-end' review of the planning appeal inquiry process. More.

Measures allowing councils to establish development corporations to plan and develop new garden towns have come into effect. More.

Plans for a 2,900-home scheme up to 25 storeys high on a north London industrial estate have been given the green light by the London Borough of Brent, after officers found that employment uses would be re-provided in the new development. More.

St Albans City and District Council has published its draft local plan, outlining proposals for 913 new homes per year and three urban extensions to Hemel Hempstead. More.

A central London neighbourhood plan that requires all new major applications to prove that their proposals will cause less air pollution than the developments they replace has passed examination. More.

A town council in Lincolnshire has been given the power to determine minor planning applications after successfully adopting a neighbourhood plan. More.

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and local planning documents should include stronger measures to help towns and cities adapt to and mitigate against the effects of heatwaves, a report by a committee of cross party MPs has said. More.

Source: Planning Resource