Planning and Infrastructure Bill sets out radical shake-up of committee system

By Daniel Gayne2025-03-11T10:30:00

Legislation would see government dictate which types of applications can be determined by councillors

The role of council planning committees will be curtailed and a new strategic planning system instituted across England under legislation introduced to parliament today (11 March).

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill would introduce a national scheme of delegation, previously mooted by the government, which would set out which types of applications should be determined by planning officers and which should go to committee.

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