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what does Labour's planning Reform Bill
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actually do the government are
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introducing their long-promised planning
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Reform Bill into Parliament today
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meaning a series of major changes to how
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new homes and infrastructure are built
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in the UK could be passed into law it
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comes after Labor promised ahead of the
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election to build 1.5 million new homes
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in Britain before the next election in
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2029 so what does this new bill entail
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and could it help get more homes
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actually built ministers have promised
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to unleash the biggest building boom in
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a generation through their wide ranging
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planning Reform Bill which will head
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into Parliament today Labour says the
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new package of laws is in response to
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the nation's housing crisis which is
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seen a shortage of affordable housing as
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well as rising prices and soaring rents
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housing secretary Angela Raina says it
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will help builders get shovels in the
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ground quicker to build more homes as
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well as speeding up delivery of vital
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energy and transport projects while
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wider planning reforms such as a new
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National planning policy framework will
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also guide the government's overall
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approach to planning decisions what does
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this bill actually set out to change
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firstly it aims to have fewer planning
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decisions taken by Committees of local
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counselors under the current system and
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instead have more taken by trained
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planning officers the government will
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also tighten up rules around compulsory
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purchase this is when land is bought up
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for projects in the public interest such
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as housing roads schools and hospitals
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reforms will ensure decisions are
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quicker compensation is not excessive
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and scrap so-called hope value or value
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placed on what the land may be worth in
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the future the bill will also strengthen
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development corporations which are
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statutary bodies set up to facilitate
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development in areas needing
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coordination of investment and planning
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ministers want to use these bodies to
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begin creating up to 12 New Towns before
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the next election labor has said what
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else does the bill include it doesn't
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stop there with the new planning and
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infrastructure Bill also expected to
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outline a new system of strategic
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planning across England known as spatial
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development strategies this considers
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areas across multiple local planning
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authorities ities for new bills and
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infrastructure but Mayors outside London
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can currently only develop these with
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the unanimous agreement of all the
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councils involved however the bill hopes
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to give them more power to do so
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similarly the government is taking more
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control of so-called National
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significant infrastructure projects such
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as energy transport and water projects
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policies to assess these will be updated
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every 5 years and consultation
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requirements will be streamlined while
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clean energy projects will be
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prioritized for grid connections and
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people living near New pylons will get
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£2,500 of their energy bills over the
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next decade finally the process by which
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government decisions on major
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infrastructure projects can be
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challenged will be overhauled too and
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Builders will be paying into an overall
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restoration nature fund rather than
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funding individual projects meritless
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cases will only have one rather than
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three attempts at legal challenge what's
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the reaction been some environmental
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groups have tentatively welcome the
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plans but push back against the argument
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that they are blockers in the planning
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system Richard benwell chief executive
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of the wildlife and Countryside link
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called for a guarantee all planning
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decisions must be compatible with nature
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and climate targets more protection for
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Irreplaceable habitats and nature
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recovery areas and new regulations for
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biodiversity others have welcomed the
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plans more widely Andrew Carter chief
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executive of Center for cities said the
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government was completely right to put
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planning reform at the center of its
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growth Mission he argued Britain has a
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shortage of roughly 4.3 million homes
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due to our unusually restrictive and
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unpredicted planning system the Chief
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Executive also said that a new National
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scheme to modernize planning committees
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would be a major planning reform and
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essential for the government to reach
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its 1.5 million homes Target while Sam
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Richards CEO of progrowth campaign group
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Britain remade said for far too long our
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planning system has held Britain back
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from building the critical
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infrastructure we need to turbocharge
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our economy and boost growth he added
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that the government's new planning bill
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is a big step in the right direction to
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getting Britain building again however
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sh housing secretary Kevin hollinrake
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posted on social media saying he was no
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NIMBY but he does object to the
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government's plans published today the
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conservative MP said he was not a fan of
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what he build as the government's bid to
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remove councilor's powers to vote
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against planning applications to
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increase housing targets for mainly
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rural areas by 100% plus and to remove
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Green Belt protections what do you make
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of the government's planning reforms let
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