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The Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 ("the Bill") and its much-heralded aim of creating the biggest building boom in a generation was published at 13:43 today.
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 ("the Bill")
and its much-heralded aim of creating the biggest building boom in
a generation was published at 13:43 today.
The Bill is informed by a series of working papers published by
the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on
streamlining planning decisions and includes:
introduction of a national scheme of delegation for planning
committees,
re-introduction of spatial planning, and
reform of Compulsory Purchaser powers including the removal of
hope value and delegation of decision taking to Inspectors, Mayors
or Council.
The re-introduction of spatial planning has already been
welcomed by the housing sector. These measures will be developed
alongside plans for the proposed re-organisation of local
government.
Further analysis of the measures and how these will impact on
our client's development ambitions to follow.
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