Housing secretary Angela Rayner wants smaller housebuilders to pick up more of the slack when it comes to building homes.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a visit to an Oxfordshire site in Didcot, the deputy prime minister said housebuilders who engage in land banking could be hit with a \u201cdelayed homes penalty\u201d, or blocked from gaining future planning permission by councils.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cSmaller house builders must be the bedrock of our Plan for Change to build 1.5 million homes and fix the housing crisis we\u2019ve inherited \u2013 and get working people on the housing ladder.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor decades the status quo has failed them and it\u2019s time to level the playing field. Today we\u2019re taking urgent action to make the system simpler, fairer and more cost effective, so smaller housebuilders can play a crucial role in our journey to get Britain building.\u201d<\/p>\n
Planning reforms will make it so trained planning officers will decide on developments of up to nine homes, rather than committees of elected councillors.<\/p>\n
Biodiversity net gain rules could also be \u201cstreamlined\u201d, something that\u2019s drawn criticism from wildlife charities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Rayner denied that the government is removing green protections, saying the process will be simplified but nature won\u2019t be compromised.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cWe\u2019re simplifying the process for houses if there\u2019s under 10 houses built, and between 10 and 49.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we\u2019re going to simplify that process. We\u2019re going to put more expert planners on that process as well, but we won\u2019t be compromising on nature,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo this is pragmatism, but we\u2019ll be able to protect nature at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Labour has a 1.5 million home target by the end of the parliament \u2013 a target few expect it to reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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