An influential group of MPs has attacked the government’s proposed reforms of the planning system, calling on ministers to think again about the proposed new “zonal” approach and make sure that the public has a right to influence all individual applications. The report by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee also called on the government to speed build-out of permissions by allowing councils to levy council tax on unbuilt developments – something ministers have already said they are considering. The MPs added that the government’s ambition to have new-style local plans put in place within 30 months was “impractical”. Read more on the Housing Today website.
https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/mps-slam-governments-planning-reforms/5112215.article
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