A new interactive map shows the full extent of Angela Rayner’s “war on the countryside” as Labour forces councils across the England to surge house building.
The deputy PM and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, will take decisions out of the hands of local council planning committees, which she says have been responsible for “unacceptable delays” and holding back economic growth.
In a bid to meet its target of delivering 1.5million new dwellings, the Labour government has announced revised targets for the number of homes that councils must approve to be built in their areas.
Ministers are also changing the rules so that more decisions can be made directly by council officials to cut down on lengthy consultation processes.
But councils, opposition parties, and NIMBYs have come out in force to oppose the move, citing factors like the impact on natural beauty surrounding the sites and the local community.
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