Housing secretary Robert Jenrick announced a raft of planning reforms to speed up the development of new homes last week, including new permitted development rights (PDRs), a register of brownfield land and a focus on "beautiful" building. The minister confirmed that this summer, a new PDR will be introduced that will allow developers to add two storeys to housing blocks without planning permission, The government will also consult on a second new PDR that would allow for the demolition of vacant commercial, industrial and residential buildings on the basis that they would be "replaced with well-designed new residential units that meet natural light standards".
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