By Joey Gardiner2021-05-11T07:25:00+01:00
Industry welcomes announcement of bill amid reports government is keen to deregulate
Housebuilding industry figures have welcomed the government’s decision to press ahead with a root and branch shake-up of the planning system as part of the forthcoming planning bill announced in today’s Queen’s Speech.
The bill, which is now expected to be brought before Parliament in the autumn, is being designed to enact planning reforms trailed in last summer’s planning white paper, in which prime minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to “level the foundations” of planning and create an entirely new system.