Urban planning

The development would see a sports village with indoor and outdoor facilities and a retail park.

More than 1,000 students could be housed in the development at the Merrion Centre, plans say.

Businesses say the road closure has impacted trade and kept customers away.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council pledges to improve the planning process and monitor stalled building sites.

Elms Park, near Cheltenham, is expected to be developed in phases over 20 years.

The hub is part of a redevelopment of the old store, which Bedford Borough Council bought last year.

The developers say the amendments will have a "negligible effect" on the project in Kingshurst.

Three tower blocks are finally being demolished to make way for more than 260 affordable new flats.