Levelling Up Bill just ‘tinkers’ with the planning system, say MPs

Clive Betts MP

Select committe chair Clive Betts calls for greater clarity on government’s plans in flagship legislation

The Levelling Up and Regeneration bill may only “tinker” with the current planning system, MPs have suggested in a letter to the housing secretary Greg Clark. 

Industry figures giving evidence to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee have also raised fears the planning system will be centralised, Clive Betts wrote to Clark.

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