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Angela Rayner moves to protect pubs from being turned into houses or offices


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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