IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features government’s announcement on its ‘Major overhaul of planning committees to get Britain building.
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GOV.UK writes:
Planning decisions are set to be fast-tracked in a sweeping overhaul of local planning committees, as part of new measures to tackle the housing crisis.
- Strengthened decision-making powers for planners to speed up the approval process – ending needless delays and uncertainty
- Scope for applications that comply with local development plans to bypass planning committees entirely
- Comes ahead of updates to England’s most important planning rulebook, the National Planning Policy Framework later this week, as part of the government’s Plan for Change – rebuilding Britain in a decade of national renewal and supporting delivery of the 1.5 million homes milestone
Planning decisions are set to be fast-tracked in a sweeping overhaul of local planning committees, as part of new measures set out by the government to stimulate economic growth and tackle the housing crisis…..
Dr Victoria Hills, Chief Executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute, said: ….’By requiring councillors to undergo appropriate training before joining planning committees, we can ensure planning decisions are made for the greater good of the communities while aligning with national policies…..’
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