‘Planning passports’ that automatically approve high-quality new homes will be a game-changer, says Keir Starmer
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/21/planning-passports-that-automatically-approve-high-quality-new-homes-will-be-a-game-changer-says-keir-starmer
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I assume ‘high-quality new homes’ means not affordable for the common person?
Excellent. The UK needs significantly more ‘as of right’ building enabled. Making everything discretionary is an absurd way to run a ‘planning’ system.
How’s about some GPs, dentists, hospitals etc — didn’t the last government build a new estate without providing any of the essentials in the are?
Dentists have definitely got to be the highest on the priority list as they’ll make whatever lovely government we have in some money back
> Under the scheme, any proposal that meets high standards for design and quality will be speeded through the planning process with the default decision for planning authorities being “yes”.
Sounds good. Will that mean heat pumps as default? And EV charge unit?
If developers are happy with that then the proposal could be good
If we keep building in a desperate attempt to unfuck ourselves there’ll be nothing left. New builds have been decimating my home town, with more and more houses and seemingly less and less public services, infrastructure and jobs.