{"id":31380,"date":"2021-10-08T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T16:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31380"},"modified":"2021-10-08T17:45:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T16:45:15","slug":"boris-johnson-pledges-no-homes-will-be-built-on-green-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31380","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson pledges no homes will be built on green fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29451\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/rural_image_2_open_government_licence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>Prime Minister signals softening of planning overhaul in conference speech after backlash from voters in Tory heartlands.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;houses should not be built on \u201cgreen fields\u201d&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>The Telegraph<\/em> writes (restricted access):<\/p>\n<p>BORIS JOHNSON yesterday said houses should not be built on \u201cgreen fields\u201d as ministers abandoned proposals for an overhaul of planning rules.<\/p>\n<p>In a clear signal to the Tory heartlands that he had heard their concerns, the Prime Minister used his party conference speech to acknowledge fears that the countryside could be \u201cdesecrated by ugly new homes\u201d\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Telegraph understands the most contentious aspects of the biggest overhaul of the planning system in 70 years have effectively been ditched, with ministers beginning again to find changes that will be less radical but more palatable to Tory MPs. Increasing construction on \u201cbrownfield\u201d sites \u2013 reusing land that has been built on in the past \u2013 will be the new focus\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>On planning, Mr Johnson said: \u201cYou can see how much room there is to build the homes that young families need in this country, not on green fields, not just jammed in the South East, but beautiful homes on brownfield sites in places where homes make sense.\u201d\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister argued that his \u201clevelling up\u201d agenda, helping deprived communities improve economically, would \u201ctake the pressure off parts of the overheating South East\u201d because fewer people would move there\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/uk\/the-daily-telegraph\/20211007\/281479279586166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a>\u00a0(restricted access)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister signals softening of planning overhaul in conference speech after backlash from voters in Tory heartlands. image: for illustration purposes only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31381,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31380\/revisions\/31381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}