No matter how ministers try to package this, it is a capitulation to a nimby faction of the Conservative party. Removing the requirement for local housing needs assessments and allowing councils to build as few homes as they wish will see housebuilding in some areas collapse.
This government's weakness has seen the collapse in local plan development, with planning consents and housebuilding set to fall off a cliff.
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