Industry worries over infrastructure levy as Gove pushes ahead with planning reform

By Emily Twinch2022-06-09T06:00:00

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Warnings over proposed new system as Levelling Up Bill faces first parlimentary hurdle

Greater clarity is needed on the “complex” infrastructure levy planning specialists have said as the first debate of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which contains the reforms, took place yesterday afternoon.

The bill, announced in the Queen’s Speech last month, includes a raft of planning reforms and comes as government sources have said Boris Johnson is planning to focus on housing in the coming weeks, following his narrow win in a vote of no confidence on Monday, by 211 votes to 148. It is understood the prime minister is keen to push ahead with the plan to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants and will make promises on the initiative later today.

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