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Planning newsletter
Publication Year
2025
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides an update on government planning activities. Covers: launch of NPPF consultation; Planning and Infrastructure Bill nearing Royal Assent; development management funding for LPAs with high volumes of major applications; planning skills and capacity survey results; connectivity tool; consultation on cross-pavement solutions for electric vehicle charging; planning capacity; updated climate guidance launched; progress on the publication of local nature recovery strategies; planning reform progress; PropTech innovation fund; understanding the role of statutory consultees in the planning system; applying for neighbourhood planning financial support; and getting SuDS right from the start.
Document History
Document type: guidance. First published: 16 December 2025.
Publisher Information
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
