Levelling up secretary Simon Clarke wants a significant “planning reset” that could water down environmental protections and affordable home requirements across England.
This is the latest in Liz Truss’s string of supply side reforms – nicknamed “Operation Rolling Thunder” in Whitehall – and is slated to be launched by Clarke within weeks.
He is expected to argue for a flurry of housing development as part of the government’s “dash for growth”, in a move which threatens to reignite the feud over housebuilding within the Conservative Party.
