Planning loopholes

Navigating planning approval for an extension or self-build is likely to mean getting your neighbours onside. Here’s how to build a harmonious relationship with them

It might look like the perfect plot with enviable views of open fields and an idyllic countryside location, but just how easy is it to construct your new home on farmland? Our expert shares his advice

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From dilapidated cottages to the site of a notorious nuclear disaster, what is behind the longing to seek out abandoned places, asks Katie Scott