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Jenrick defends proposed planning revamp

By 2020-08-07T05:00:00

The 10-hectare site earmarked for MK:U

Source: MRC

Housebuilders will pay higher planning contributions under new system, housing secretary says

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has defended government proposals for a radical overhaul of the planning system, which have been warmly welcomed by small housebuilders but derided as shameful by critics.

The controversial shake-up will see the current system, in which councils determine every individual application, abandoned in favour of one where councils effectively give permission in advance by zoning swathes of land for growth.

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