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Be sure to join us on Tuesday 15th June at 6pm for our next webinar!

I'll be joined by three leading experts from the world of housing and planning reform to discuss the Government's planning bill - will it achieve the change we need to see or is it already dead in the water? How can we build a consensus around building? When will we see meaningful reform - if at all?

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** The Planning Bill:
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** Serious Reform or Missed Opportunity?
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Tuesday, 15 June 2021 at 6.00pm
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This year will see MPs vote on the Government’s flagship Planning Bill, announced in last month’s Queen’s Speech.

One of the key provisions is set to be a move towards zonal planning that frontloads development decisions into the creation of local plans, rather than the current system’s discretionary, case-by-case approach. Other reforms trailed in the Government’s Planning White Paper include giving locals more control over design codes, street votes, higher housing targets based on local prices and potentially even green belt reform.

Supporters claim that the legislation will deliver the homes desperately needed to alleviate the UK’s long-running housing crisis, boosting growth and innovation across the country.

But critics from both sides of the housing debate are sceptical. Many MPs—fearful of constituent backlash and ‘overdevelopment’—believe the Bill is likely to reduce the voice of locals in planning decisions. Long-standing advocates of planning reform are concerned that the reforms will end up being too watered down by rebel MPs to make a meaningful difference.

To discuss whether the Planning Bill will make a significant impact on the UK’s housing woes we have assembled an expert panel.

Panelists
* Daniel Pryor (Chair) is the Head of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute.
* John Myers is co-founder of YIMBY Alliance and London YIMBY: campaigns to end the housing crisis with the support of local people.
* Anya Martin is Director of PricedOut, a volunteer-run organisation campaigning for policies that make the housing system work better.
* Anthony Breach is a Senior Analyst at the Centre for Cities, which aims to help the UK’s largest cities and towns realise their economic potential.


** Details:
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Date: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Time: 6.00pm - 7.00pm (UK time)

The webinar will begin at 6.00pm, with an audience Q&A session taking place at approximately 6.45pm. The webinar will conclude at 7.00pm.


** And after that...
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Join my colleague John Macdonald, our Head of Government Affairs, in a one-on-one conversation with the Rt Hon David Davis MP on Tuesday 22nd June at 6pm.

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I hope you'll be able to join us.

Yours sincerely,

Daniel Pryor, Head of Programmes
Adam Smith Institute
23 Great Smith St
London SW1P 3DJ

Web: adamsmith.org
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Housing%20Webinar)
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