Housing secretary says developers will have to prove there’s no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shakeup
All pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shakeup of planning laws in England to be presented by Angela Rayner this week.
The housing secretary will publish a new national planning policy framework aimed at loosening planning laws even further to help build 3m homes by the end of the parliament.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/16/angela-rayner-pubs-developers-houses-offices-planning-shakeup
Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
Publish date : 2026-08-16 10:09:00
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