The planning permission process is too slow to meet housebuilding targets, MPs have said, as they urged ministers to publish evidence over promises to build 300,000 homes a year.
The Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee said a combination of “carrots and sticks” was needed to speed up the process, and the Government should set time limits for work to begin on developments once the go-ahead had been given.
In a report released on Thursday the MPs criticised suggested reforms of the planning process and said they were not persuaded that the proposals will produce a cheaper, quicker and more democratic planning system.