Introduction On 11 March 2025, the Government introduced to Parliament the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (the Bill) The full Bill can be accessed at the following link: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3946 The Bill introduces measures aimed at speeding up planning decisions to boost housebuilding and remove unnecessary blockers and challenges to the delivery…

Introduction In this blog post, we discuss the Government’s new national planning guidance on identifying Grey Belt Land and assessing the appropriateness of development on this Land   What is Grey Belt Land and why is it important? Firstly, we need to remind ourselves what is Grey Belt Land and why…

Introduction In this blog post, we discuss the Government’s proposed planning reforms to encourage economic growth and infrastructure delivery announced in a Treasury Press Release and a new Working Paper which has been published  Treasury Press Release – ‘Government goes further and faster on planning reform in bid for growth’…