PLANNING

IPPR calls for stronger planning departments

Government should beef up planning departments to achieve its 1.5 million new homes target, a think-tank has urged.

By Emily Twinch | 14 February 2025
New housing (c) Clare Louise Jackson

Government should beef up planning departments to achieve its 1.5 million new homes target, a think-tank has urged.

With issues such as land banking more to blame for slow housing delivery than planning hold-ups, a new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) calls for planning departments to be resourced to overcome the blockages.

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