Labour Unveils Major Planning Reforms to Accelerate UK Housing and Infrastructure Projects

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill aims to streamline processes, boost housing development, and prioritize clean energy projects while addressing environmental and economic concerns.

Labour's Planning and Infrastructure Bill promises to deliver 1.5 million homes and approve 150 major infrastructure projects by the next election.
The legislation introduces measures to simplify planning processes, limit legal challenges, and reduce bureaucratic delays for developments.
Councils will gain powers to purchase land at market value without 'hope value,' though ministers emphasize protections for prime agricultural land.
Developers will contribute to a Nature Restoration Fund for broader environmental improvements, replacing site-specific environmental offset requirements.
Communities near new electricity pylons will receive financial incentives, with clean energy projects prioritized to meet the UK's 2030 clean power target.