MPs attack government’s planning reforms
By Joey Gardiner
2021-06-10T09:32:00
Ministers should ‘revisit’ zoning and beauty proposals, select committee says
An influential group of MPs has attacked the government’s proposed reforms of the planning system, calling on ministers to think again about the proposed new “zonal” approach and make sure that the public has a right to influence all individual applications.
The report by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee also called on the government to speed build-out of permissions by allowing councils to levy council tax on unbuilt developments – something ministers have already said they are considering.
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