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Planning reforms aim to provide more outdoor play for children

New planning reforms will allow children and young people more opportunities to play outside, the Scottish Government has said. Under the new fourth National Planning Framework, local authorities will be encouraged to support applications for the ...

26 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Starmer vows to take on ‘alliance of naysayers’ with planning reform

Planning decisions on major projects will be accelerated, Sir Keir Starmer has promised as he vowed to take on “blockers and bureaucrats” who stand in the way of construction. The Prime Minister confirmed Labour’s pre-election target of building ...

05 Dec 2024 at 14:26

Downing Street: We must overhaul planning system in order to hit house targets

Downing Street has said that “we are going to need to overhaul the broken planning system” if the Government is to meet its housebuilding targets. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner is expected to confirm updates to the ...

11 Dec 2024 at 14:58

Starmer vows to put ‘builders not blockers first’ with changes to planning rules

Sir Keir Starmer vowed to override planning “blockers” with sweeping changes that could see building on parts of England’s green belt. The shake-up will see councils given mandatory targets to deliver a total of 370,000 homes a year in ...

12 Dec 2024 at 09:12

Veterans, care leavers and domestic abuse victims will be housed, Starmer vows

Veterans, young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse will be given a “guaranteed roof over their head”, Sir Keir Starmer has promised. The Prime Minister pledged that “homes will be there for heroes” as he vowed to “house all ...

24 Sept 2024 at 18:18

Councils warn ‘weakened democracy’ amid planning reform could empower developers

The Government’s planning reforms threaten to leave areas at the mercy of speculative developers and risk local roads and schools being overwhelmed as the volume of housing rockets, councils serving rural areas have warned. ...

27 Sept 2024 at 00:01

City

Barratt profits crumble as high mortgage rates and inflation hit housebuilding

Barratt Developments reported a sharp fall in profit and home completions last year, as it hailed the Labour Government’s planning reforms as “one of the key levers” to boost housebuilding. Profit plunged 57% to £385 ...

04 Sept 2024 at 08:23

Housebuilding to hit 40-year high as red tape cut, but buyers ‘need support’

Planning reforms will see housebuilding reach a more than 40-year high by 2030, but calls ramped up for more action to boost the flagging property market and help get buyers on to the property ladder. The UK’s ...

26 Mar 2025 at 16:28

Planning reforms break Labour’s promise to protect nature, green groups say

The Government’s planning reforms break its manifesto promises to protect and restore the nation’s natural environment, green groups have claimed. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill going through Parliament ...

22 May 2025 at 20:00

Ministers move to axe early public consultation phase for infrastructure schemes

A requirement for communities to be consulted on major infrastructure projects before planning applications are submitted will be scrapped under proposed changes to flagship reforms. The Government said the ...

23 Apr 2025 at 19:55

City

Taylor Wimpey sees lower profit margins amid return of inflation

Taylor Wimpey has said it expects lower profit margins in the first half of 2025, amid lower selling prices and rising inflation for construction firms. The house builder said on Wednesday that operating ...

30 Apr 2025 at 11:39

City

Persimmon raises building targets amid signals of housing market recovery

Persimmon has hiked the number of homes it thinks it can sell this year amid “positive tailwinds” from the Government’s planning reforms. The housebuilder said it had seen improving sales in the early ...

11 Mar 2025 at 19:07

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