Housing & Planning Bill Gains Royal Assent

13 May Housing & Planning Bill Gains Royal Assent

New measures to help more people buy their own home and get houses built faster became law today (13 May 2016) as the Housing and Planning Act received Royal Assent.

The Act sets out a clear determination from the government to keep the country building while giving hard working families every opportunity to unlock the door to home ownership.

It will give housebuilders and decision-makers the tools and confidence to provide more homes and further streamline the planning system to accelerate their delivery, while making amendments to the General Permitted Development Order.