The government is to set out further details on its planning reforms, according to a statement from the chief planner. In a monthly update to local authority chief planners, Joanna Averley said the government would “further update on our approach to changes in the planning system in the spring”.

The statement follows a lengthy delay in the government’s reforms since the publication in August 2020 of the controversial planning white paper, which proposed ditching the current system of section 106 contributions and bringing in growth areas in which land benefitted from automatic outline permission.

The government has not brought forward a planning bill, as promised in last year’s Queen’s Speech. Housing secretary Michael Gove put the government’s plans under review when he replaced Robert Jenrick last September.

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