The government’s planning and infrastructure bill is set to be published later today, with Deputy PM and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner claiming it will be a “major step forward in getting Britain building again.” The measures in the legislation have already been well-publicised, with Rayner summarising them as follows. A new road for Norwich was set to make life easier for 44,000 homeowners, but it was delayed by spurious legal challenges for two years until the case was dismissed. The government has now given it the green light. Organisations involved in the planning process are also creating unnecessary obstacles. An argument over balls hit from a cricket club has delayed 139 new flats in Bradford.

The bill itself will be published later today. Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has had to respond to a fresh line of attack from opponents of the legislation. The government wants to give councils in England the powers to acquire land for housebuilding via compulsory purchase orders at market prices without having to pay “hope value.” However, Pennycook denied that it was aimed at farmers.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/11/angela-rayner-planning-reform-farmers-keir-starmer-uk-politics-live