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Growth Through Planning Reform

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Why have Labour placed planning reform at the heart of their growth strategy? The UK’s planning system faces significant challenges that hinder economic growth, including inefficiency, lengthy delays in processing applications, bureaucratic complexity, inconsistent decision-making by planning authorities, restrictive greenbelt policies, and strong local opposition. Additionally, many planning authorities are under-resourced, leading to inadequate handling […]