UK Chancellor Reeves Vows to Fix Broken Planning System for Housebuilding
- Labour pledging to build 1.5 million homes over five-year term
- Planning system typically blamed for restricting development
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves vowed to “get Britain building again,” as she unveiled a slew of planning reforms including restoring mandatory local housing targets ditched by the previous Conservative government and ending an effective ban on onshore wind farms.
In her first major speech on Monday, Reeves also vowed to overhaul the National Planning Policy Framework by the end of the month, and a relaxation of planning restrictions on less attractive parts of the so-called green belt, as part of a housebuilding overhaul overseen by Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner.