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Planning rules to be relaxed to boost economy - Cameron Planning rules to be relaxed to boost economy - Cameron
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The government will promise to get planning officers "off people's backs" when it announces changes to the rules governing homeowners and businesses.The government will promise to get planning officers "off people's backs" when it announces changes to the rules governing homeowners and businesses.
For a limited period, people will be allowed to build larger extensions on houses, with shops and offices able grow to the edges of their premises.For a limited period, people will be allowed to build larger extensions on houses, with shops and offices able grow to the edges of their premises.
This will cut red tape affecting firms and so help the economy, ministers say.This will cut red tape affecting firms and so help the economy, ministers say.
But the Local Government Association says it is a "myth" that the planning system is stopping house-building.But the Local Government Association says it is a "myth" that the planning system is stopping house-building.
Housing ladder
It is releasing figures which show a backlog of 400,000 prospective homes which have planning permission but have not yet been built. It says these "conclusively prove" the planning system is not holding back development.It is releasing figures which show a backlog of 400,000 prospective homes which have planning permission but have not yet been built. It says these "conclusively prove" the planning system is not holding back development.
And Labour says the government must do more to help the young and unemployed.And Labour says the government must do more to help the young and unemployed.
The coalition, which has undergone a reshuffle this week, is looking for ways to boost the economy and end the ongoing recession.The coalition, which has undergone a reshuffle this week, is looking for ways to boost the economy and end the ongoing recession.
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick Clegg will also announce that 16,500 first-time buyers are to receive help getting on the housing ladder under an extension of the FirstBuy scheme. Under this, would-be homeowners without a deposit are to be given an equity loan of up to 20% of the purchase price.Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick Clegg will also announce that 16,500 first-time buyers are to receive help getting on the housing ladder under an extension of the FirstBuy scheme. Under this, would-be homeowners without a deposit are to be given an equity loan of up to 20% of the purchase price.
'Kick-start' Just a few months ago the government rewrote the entire planning framework for England, after fierce initial resistance from countryside campaigners.
Now ministers want further changes to planning in England in an attempt to boost house-building and revive the economy.
The announcements come as the economy continues to languish, with the recession now having lasted more than nine months. The construction sector has performed particularly badly.The announcements come as the economy continues to languish, with the recession now having lasted more than nine months. The construction sector has performed particularly badly.
Mr Cameron will say: "This government means business in delivering plans to help people build new homes and kick-start the economy.Mr Cameron will say: "This government means business in delivering plans to help people build new homes and kick-start the economy.
"We're determined to cut through the bureaucracy that holds us back. That starts with getting the planners off our backs, getting behind the businesses that have the ambition to expand and meeting the aspirations of families that want to buy or improve a home.""We're determined to cut through the bureaucracy that holds us back. That starts with getting the planners off our backs, getting behind the businesses that have the ambition to expand and meeting the aspirations of families that want to buy or improve a home."
Home extensions
Homeowners and businesses will, for a limited time, be able to build much bigger extensions without planning permission than they can at present.Homeowners and businesses will, for a limited time, be able to build much bigger extensions without planning permission than they can at present.
The new Permitted Development Rights will make it easier to install conservatories and loft extensions without going through weeks of planning bureaucracy, the prime minister will promise.The new Permitted Development Rights will make it easier to install conservatories and loft extensions without going through weeks of planning bureaucracy, the prime minister will promise.
Full planning permission - required for extensions of more than a few metres from the rear wall of any home - will only now be needed for those reaching beyond six or eight metres, depending on whether the property is terraced or detached.Full planning permission - required for extensions of more than a few metres from the rear wall of any home - will only now be needed for those reaching beyond six or eight metres, depending on whether the property is terraced or detached.
Businesses will be able to expand shops by 100 square metres and industrial units by 200 square metres.Businesses will be able to expand shops by 100 square metres and industrial units by 200 square metres.
Meanwhile, Labour leader Ed Miliband will launch an attack on the coalition's economic record, saying decline is being "felt by young people across the country denied hope and opportunity, by families who are struggling to pay their bills each month, and by businesses struggling to keep their heads above water".Meanwhile, Labour leader Ed Miliband will launch an attack on the coalition's economic record, saying decline is being "felt by young people across the country denied hope and opportunity, by families who are struggling to pay their bills each month, and by businesses struggling to keep their heads above water".
He will add: "Alongside the government's economic failure, we have watched the government's political failure. No longer able to say "We're all in it together" after the Budget for millionaires, spreading panic at the pumps, donor scandals followed by access scandals with News Corporation, the failure of Lords reform and boundary changes, and a reshuffle which changed nothing but the faces."He will add: "Alongside the government's economic failure, we have watched the government's political failure. No longer able to say "We're all in it together" after the Budget for millionaires, spreading panic at the pumps, donor scandals followed by access scandals with News Corporation, the failure of Lords reform and boundary changes, and a reshuffle which changed nothing but the faces."
Mr Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls are expected to set out what they see as the start for a fundamental rethink about how a future Labour government would approach the economy.Mr Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls are expected to set out what they see as the start for a fundamental rethink about how a future Labour government would approach the economy.
As big a shift in thinking is needed now, Mr Miliband will say, as happened after the second world war and in the late 1970s.As big a shift in thinking is needed now, Mr Miliband will say, as happened after the second world war and in the late 1970s.