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- The government is pausing its controversial planning reforms in England amid an angry backlash from Conservative MPs, government sources have told the BBC. Michael Gove - who was given the role of housing secretary on Wednesday - is said to want to address MPs' concerns. The government has pledged to build 300,000 new homes a year.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-58594953House-building reforms paused amid Conservative MP anger - BBC
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Oct 8, 2021 · Recently sacked Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has urged the prime minister not to water down planning reforms to enable more house building. Sources have told the BBC the changes -...
Sep 17, 2021 · The government is pausing its controversial planning reforms in England amid an angry backlash from Conservative MPs, government sources have told the BBC.
Contrary to the Government’s objective of facilitating plan-making, the short-term efect of its announcement of proposed planning reforms (6 December 2022) has been to halt the progress of local...
Sep 30, 2020 · Labour has failed in an effort to overturn changes to England's planning laws, despite urging Conservative MPs to back it against the government. The party accused ministers of creating "the...
Oct 26, 2023 · New laws came into force today (26 October 2023) to speed up the planning system, hold developers to account, cut bureaucracy, and encourage more councils to put in place plans to enable the ...
May 11, 2022 · The government is facing a backlash after dropping radical proposals to overhaul England’s planning system as housebuilders and Labour claimed the alternative scheme was “anti-development” and...
Feb 11, 2022 · The white paper Planning for the Future's proposals in 2020 for "once in a generation" reform of England's planning system proved controversial. This briefing examines those proposals and the other planning changes made during the Covid-19 pandemic - including changes to the standard method for calculating housing need - and the most recent ...
