Queen’s Speech 2022: environmental assessment shake-up included in planning reforms

By Joey Gardiner2022-05-10T13:21:00

Reforms included as part of levelling up agenda but no space in Queen’s Speech for stand-alone Planning Bill

The government’s Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will include reforms of the way environmental assessments are required in the planning system, alongside a series of other widely trailed planning changes.

The government used this morning’s Queen’s Speech, delivered for the first time by Prince Charles, to set out plans for the bill, which Prince Charles said will “give residents more involvement in local development”.

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