Planning bill outlines overhaul of housebuilding rules
By
Roger Baird
11
th May 2021
1:23 pm
The government’s long-awaited planning bill announced in the Queen’s Speech looks set to be the biggest overhaul to building rules in a generation as it bids to ease controls in England and boost housebuilding.
It plans a new traffic light system, with the UK divided up by local councils into areas designated for growth, protection, or renewal.
In growth areas, current planning restrictions will be largely swept away to speed construction. It takes an average of five years for a typical housing development to be passed fit for development.