Government announces proposals to bring Britain’s planning system into the 21st Century

16 March 2020

Support to parish councils who wish to build a small number of homes to allow their communities to grow, a fully digitised planning system, reform of how local housing need is calculated and new rules to encourage building upwards are among the proposals ‘to bring Britain’s planning system into the 21st Century’ that will be included in a forthcoming planning white paper the Government has just announced.

Further details can be found here.

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