Plan for Growth: Coming Soon
One year on from the launch of the BPF’s election manifesto ‘Building our Future’, and seven months into the new Government’s term, the BPF thought it would be a good time to check in on what progress the Government has made on the priorities set out in that document, and what more it can do to boost the economy and Deregulate for Growth.
We offered support across the four pillars of Building for Growth and Productivity, Building More Homes, Building Stronger Town Centres and Building the Green Economy, and set out a number of recommendations that an incoming Government should enact to support delivery of all of these.
The new Government has made a large number of changes to the planning system and has set a challenging housing target as well as implementing many new policies – we assess how successful they have been and what more needs to be done in the coming months and years.
Most immediately, while Government have committed to 300 extra planners for local government, the real need is far higher – at least 3,000 are needed to speed up the process and undertake the proactive masterplanning needed.