The government is reportedly backpedalling on its
commitment to overhaul planning laws in order to accelerate infrastructure
projects with a target of building 300,000 homes a year in England. Part of the
government’s “Project Speed”, the new planning laws were announced in the
Queen’s speech with the target of modernising and simplifying the system and
increasing the number of homes being planned by more than a third. The planning
reforms have been met with criticism from countryside campaigners, who said the
changes would lead to the “suburbanisation” of green areas without delivering
much-needed affordable housing. Read more on the Guardian website.
New all-electric town in Kent strikes deal to supply power back to the grid
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Otterpool Park’s 8,500 homes will run on solar power and batteries – with
enough renewable energy to help keep lights on elsewhere
One of Britain’s first...
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