Aligning the planning system with the Climate and Environment Acts will help navigate what and where to build

The UK Green Building Council - which represents some of the UK's biggest names in the built environment, including housebuilders, banks, social housing providers, local councils, developers, estates and engineering companies and universities - responds to The Chancellors statement on planning and housebuilding.

Simon McWhirter, Deputy Chief Executive of the UK Green Building Council, said:

To end the eternal battle around planning, Rachel Reeves will need to give the system a clear and progressive new purpose that everyone can get behind. So that every planning decision helps, not hinders, affordability, access to public services and climate and nature.

In opposition, Labour rightly voted to align the planning system with the Climate Act. Also aligning it to the Environment Act will help navigate what and where to build.

It’s excellent to hear there will be 300 new planning officers across the country, filling some of the gaps after years of cuts”.

Read the Chancellors speech here.

Learn more about our response to the new government:

Smith Mordak: Rounding a Corner Towards a Sustainable Future

Simon McWhirter: Labour’s Climate Mandate: Seizing the moment for a sustainable built environment

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