New legislation aims to drive building boom
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill was introduced to Parliament last week. The legislation is being heralded as bringing transformative reforms to the UK building sector that will boost homebuilding and remove obstacles to needed infrastructure. Here is an outline of some of the measures introduced by the legislation. Planning committees A national scheme of delegation will specify which types of applications are to be determined by officers and which by planning committees. There will be limits on the size of planning committees and planning committee members will have mandatory training. Councils will also be able to set their own planning [...]