On behalf of CPA and WPA members, London Property Alliance has responded to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s technical consultation on the reform of planning committees. This follows our previous response to the working paper on the same topic.
In the response, we support the Government’s aspirations to provide greater clarity in the planning system and to speed up decision making. However, amidst an increasingly cumbersome and complex planning system, it is important that:
- The Government engages with the property industry to help streamline the planning system and reduce regulatory burden.
- Care is taken to ensure that quicker decision making is not prioritised above good decision making.
- Compliance is generally considered against the development plan as a whole as such policies often require a complex balanced judgement.
