planning reforms

The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has expressed concerns about the lack of detail in the government’s proposed planning reforms and suggested a resources and skills strategy should be published ahead of primary legislation.

Many of the proposals to reform the planning system have been welcomed by built environment professions, but they have highlighted concerns about scrapping section 106 agreements and the environmental impact assessment, and also local democracy.

A ‘revised’ standard method for calculating housing need is at the heart of interim reforms to the planning system in England proposed by the government ahead of major changes outlined in the ...