Government ‘makes no apologies’ for recent call-ins, says housing minister

By Daniel Gayne2023-06-30T09:31:00

MacLean says new homes must meet design criteria

The housing minister has defended Michael Gove’s recent decisions to call in a series of housing schemes on design grounds, emphasising that new homes must meet the government’s criteria.

Gove, the secretary of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), has drawn criticism from the housebuilding sector after intervening in planning applications in Tunbridge Wells, East Cheshire and Leamington Spa.

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