Gove Plans League Tables to Show Which Council Planners ‘Drag Their Feet’ on Housing Targets

Michael Gove says he plans to introduce league tables to highlight which planning departments in England are failing to meet their housing targets.
Gove Plans League Tables to Show Which Council Planners ‘Drag Their Feet’ on Housing Targets
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove, minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, during a visit to the Taylor Wimpey Heather Gardens housing development in Norwich, Norfolk, on Aug. 29, 2023. Joe Giddens/PA Wire
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Michael Gove says he intends to publish “robust league tables” of planning departments in England to embarrass those who a “drag their feet” when it comes to processing housing applications.

In a speech at the Royal Institute of British Architects in central London, the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said, “In many parts of the country, there is a resistance to new development.”

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