New London Plan will be 'streamlined to boost number of houses built'

New London Plan will be 'streamlined to boost number of houses built'

Officials are set to become far more 'interventionist' when calling in rejected planning applications, allowing City Hall to ultimately have the final say on new homes over councils in many cases

Big changes planned for London housing as councils could lose power over developments

The next London Plan will be “streamlined” to ensure new housing schemes flourish across the capital, City Hall have said. The new development strategy – set to be published this summer before being eventually adopted in 2028 – could be “nearer to half the length” of the current one formulated in 2021, the Deputy Mayor for Planning has said. The intended outcome would see a less complex set of rules for developers, making schemes – especially on…