Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out

Overview

The government is committed to getting Britain building again. This paper forms part of a series of working papers on different aspects of planning and housing market reform, designed to inform further policy development in collaboration with the wider sector.  

It proposes options to incentivise a faster rate of build out and poses questions on how this could be achieved.

Enquiries

For any enquiries about this working paper please contact: buildout@communitiesgov.uk

How to respond

This Working Paper and consultation is intended to inform discussions with the sector, to determine whether and how to take these proposals forward. Alongside these discussions, we welcome responses to the series of questions that are posed at the end of the paper. Please note that we have set a deadline for responses to be submitted to this working paper by 11:59pm on Monday 7th July.

Citizen Space is the department’s preferred route for receiving responses. We strongly encourage responses to be made via Citizen Space, particularly from organisations with access to online facilities such as local planning authorities, representative bodies and businesses. Using Citizen Space greatly assists our analysis of responses, enabling more efficient and effective consideration of the issues raised. 

If you cannot respond via Citizen Space, you may send your response by email to: buildout@communities.gov.uk

Written responses should be sent to:

Planning Policy Consultation Team
Planning Directorate – Planning Policy Division
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Floor 3, Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

When you respond, it would be very useful if you can confirm whether you are replying as an individual or submitting an official response on behalf of an organisation and include: 

• your name 
• the name of your organisation (if applicable) 

Please make it clear which question each comment relates to and ensure that the text of your response is in a format that allows copying of individual sentences or paragraphs, to help us when considering your view on particular issues.