Developers are not convinced measures to restrict
pre-commencement planning conditions will speed up development, a committee of
MPs have heard. The Neighbourhood Planning Bill includes a clause to require
local planning authorities to get written approval from an applicant before
they can impose a pre-commencement planning condition. The government’s aim is
to stop councils using these planning conditions unnecessarily, and to speed up
development as a result. However, at a parliamentary committee session Roy
Pinnock, a member of the British Property Federation planning committee, said
the organisation is not convinced this measure will speed up development. Read
more on Inside Housing.
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