Overview

• Ministers will set out a package of amendments on Tuesday ahead of the bill’s return to the House of Lords on 20 October.
• Councils could be stopped from refusing major applications while a national call‑in is considered, and big schemes facing judicial review would get permissions extended.
• Reservoir projects would be treated as nationally significant infrastructure and opened to builders beyond the water industry to speed approvals.
• Plans include easing Ministry of Defence objections that have limited turbines near the Eskdalemuir seismic array to enable more onshore wind.
• The government is pushing for the Office for Budget Responsibility to reflect a planning‑led growth lift in its 26 November budget forecasts as it pursues a 1.5 million homes pledge.