Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system
by Kiran Stacey and Helena Horton from on (#70HEK)
Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of government
Rachel Reeves is set to announce a round of planning changes before the budget as a way to kickstart Britain's sluggish economic growth, but ministers are at odds over how radical to be.
The chancellor will announce a number of moves designed to make it easier for developers to build houses and infrastructure projects, in the hope that they will fill about 3bn of her estimated 30bn black hole.
Continue reading...