The government is consulting on proposals to make it simpler and quicker for local authorities to prepare new development plans.
Under the new system, slimmed-down local plans will be prepared in just 30 months with the aim of ensuring more authorities actually have an up-to-date local plan in place. Our planning system is supposed to be plan-led, after all.
In his latest column for Housing Today, our managing director, Paul Smith, explains what changes are in store and what impact they might have.
