Planning reforms attacked, moving house and ending boom and bust | Housing network | Guardian Professional

Planning reforms attacked, moving house and ending boom and bust | Housing network | Guardian Professional

"As the localism bill reaches the report stage in the House of Commons today, Labour's shadow local government minister, Jack Dromey, has spoken out against government plans to overhaul the planning structure, claiming it will lead to "stasis is the planning system". Labour has had its final chance to change the bill, filing amendments that would ensure the survival of the strategic planning system, which also provides for transport, infrastructure and housing amongst other services. While Dromey accepted the previous government's planning strategies were in need of improvement, he said: "The government's plans will deliver chaos … their plans for local involvement are half-baked." ....