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Government urged to rip up planning rules to help covid recovery

By 2020-04-15T10:51:00

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London Property Alliance calls for extension to consents and flexibility on planning obligations

A consortium of central London developers and landlords has called for government to rip up planning rules in order to support the recovery of residential development in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

The London Property Alliance has written to housing secretary Robert Jenrick calling for a two-year extension to existing planning permissions in order to ensure that permissions don’t expire during the current enforced “lockdown” of the industry.

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