Councils to get new powers to block planning permission

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Government amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to designed to stop housebuilders landbanking

Councils are to be given powers to block planning permissions from developers who have failed to deliver homes on the same site, in a bid to speed up delivery of homes.

Builders will also be forced to report annually to councils on the rate of build-out of sites, under new planning amendments to the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill tabled by the government on Friday.

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