Government to delay planning policy reforms

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Michael Gove signals new NPPF rules won’t be introduced until autumn

The government is to delay its proposed revisions to national planning policy until at least the autumn, housing secretary Michael Gove has said.

Gove is reported to have made the admission earlier this week at a local government conference, with the department later stating that the revisions will not be published until after the much-delayed Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) becomes law.

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