The Labour Party held its annual conference in Liverpool and Planning Resource has highlighted eleven planning-related promises and other takeaways from the event.
image for illustration: Liverpool by Dave Chetwyn
… Labour wants to ‘make NIMBYism a source of shame’…
Planning Resource writes:
- Starmer said the party wants to build the ‘next generation of new towns’…
- The party wants to release low-quality green belt land for development…
- Labour pledged to build 1.5 million homes over a five-year period…
- Starmer said he would take on people who oppose new development.
- The shadow chancellor promised money for councils to hire more planners…
- The shadow chancellor promised an urgent review of all national policy statements and a ‘fast track’ planning route for ‘priority’ infrastructure projects…
- Labour promised stronger planning gain rules to boost affordable housing…
- The shadow housing minister promised a revival of strategic planning…
- He also promised a ‘meaningful brownfield-first approach’…
- Pennycook said that green targets won’t be sacrificed to build more homes…
- Labour wants to ‘make NIMBYism a source of shame’…
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