Michael Gove has given the housing sector until March 2 to respond to a consultation over major revision of national planning policy, which delivers on the compromise deal agreed with backbench housing rebels before Christmas.

As promised by the housing secretary earlier in December, the consultation on reform of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), finally published on 22 December, spells out a raft of measures weakening the policy requirements for councils to have to plan for more homes.

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