Government planning reforms include ‘zonal approach’

By Joey Gardiner2020-03-12T12:38:00

Source: Stuart Graham / Creative Commons

Deregulatory proposals come alongside plans to expand controversial permitted development rules

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick said the government will look to pilot a “zonal” approach to planning as part of reforms due in the forthcoming planning white paper.

The suggestion was part of a suite of measures laid out in a parliamentary statement on housing and planning today, billed as a back to “first principles” rethink of the planning, which included commitments to reform planning fees and push ahead with previously trailed expansion of permitted development rights.

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