Housing minister denies government has tasked Tory peer with writing second planning bill

By Daniel Gayne2025-10-01T00:01:00

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The housing minister has denied reports that a Conservative peer has been tasked with writing a second planning bill to block judicial reviews of major planning decisions.

Reports in The Guardian at the weekend claimed that the prime minister had asked Charles Banner KC, who was made a peer by Rishi Sunak, to write a new legislation which could limit the ability of environmental groups to oppose large infrastructure projects.

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