The government has announced plans to make it easier for housing to be built around train stations as part of planning reforms to target 1.5m homes.

In a joint announcement yesterday, the Treasury and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) announced what they described as a “major new growth push.”

They said they will ensure that when developers submit an application for “acceptable” types of schemes in key areas, such as areas of high housing potential near transport hubs, the default answer to development is “yes.”