The New Year has brought new powers to make it quicker
and easier for communities to create their own neighbourhood plan, says Housing
Minister Brandon Lewis. More than 5.2 million people live in one of the 1,274
areas across England where the community is working together to create a
neighbourhood plan. But agreeing an area for a neighbourhood plan to cover
takes an average of 19 weeks. The measures will cut weeks off this process –
encouraging even more communities to have a greater say over the future
development of their area. Read more on the CLG website.
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