The local authorities that will receive funding to help produce their local plans have been announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Government plans to overhaul “the creaking local planning committee system” need to be backed up by resources, an expert has warned after Angela Rayner set out her reform ambitions.
Lawyers from an environmental charity are writing to 100 councils in England to remind them of their legal obligations to include carbon reduction targets in their Local Plans.
Three councils face central government intervention after failures to produce a local plan, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has said.
Planning minister Brandon Lewis has launched a review of how local plans are agreed, with the aim of cutting the amount of time it takes councils to get them in place.
