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Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich | Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Email: [email protected]
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Further details on today’s announcement 👇🏻
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I pay tribute again to the parents of Awaab Ishak, Faisal Abdullah and Aisha Amin. With the support of Shelter and the Manchester Evening News, they have tenaciously and courageously fought to secure justice, not only for their son but for all those who live in social housing.
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We have moved quickly over the past seven months to overhaul the planning system but there is much more to do and we intend to sustain the pace as we deliver on the government’s Plan for Change.
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Finally, we made clear in July last year that we intended as ministers to make speedier decisions and we’ve done so, with over 90% made on time. We’re determined to maintain this performance throughout the Parliament.
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These reports will provide for a simpler, clearer, and more efficient means of assessing the potential environmental effects of relevant plans and major consents. We will publish a roadmap for the delivery of EORs in the coming months.
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So, alongside the proposals for a new approach to development and nature recovery that we set out in a working paper last year, we intend to implement a new system of Environmental Outcomes Reports.
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Fourth, we want to improve on the current system of environmental assessment which too often produces impact assessments that are cumbersome and overly complex.
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We declared a moratorium on new statutory consultees yesterday and over the coming weeks we will review the operation of the system to make sure it is aligned with the government’s ambitions for growth.
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Third, the haphazard expansion of the statutory consultee system is stifling development and we need to act to ensure it is proportionate and effective.
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We will use this streamlined set of national policies for decision making to take forward some of the proposals in our ‘brownfield passports’ working paper, ensuring the default answer to suitable proposals on previously developed urban land is a straightforward “yes”.
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Second, MHCLG will consult in the coming months on a suite of new national development management policies to guide decisions taken by local authorities and promote housing growth in sustainable locations such as around transport hubs.
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Among other things, this legislation will make a series of improvements to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime and we published a working paper yesterday seeking feedback on a number of them 👇🏻
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First, this spring the Deputy Prime Minister and I will introduce a Planning and Infrastructure Bill designed to streamline the delivery of infrastructure and housing.
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This change will come into force at the end of this month, giving leaseholders the flexibility to make a claim immediately upon buying a leasehold property, and reducing their costs as a result.
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You are mischaracterising the government's position. While we cannot end the leasehold system overnight, we intend to make quick progress as you will see this year. I'm going to end things there. Thanks again for taking the time to share your views.
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I issued an extremely detailed Written Ministerial Statement in November 👇
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We’ve set out in great detail precisely how we intend to proceed. Thanks for taking the time to share your views.
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They have determined the amount of reform that remains to be taken forward.
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Reasoning set out here 👇🏻
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