Planning bill set for significant delay

By Joey Gardiner2020-11-12T10:18:00

Analysts suggest legislation to implement white paper reforms may not come forward before May local elections

The government is unlikely to bring forward its planning bill this year, and may even delay it until after next year’s May local elections, according to planning experts.

The government has faced a huge backlash from its own backbench MPs since publishing proposals to reform the planning system in August, which included a white paper, Planning for the Future, proposing the zoning of land and the abolition of section 106.

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