Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023

The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA 2023) received Royal Assent on 23 October 2023. It sets out significant reform of the planning system, including changes to developer contributions, environmental assessment, digital planning, the preparation of local plans, heritage protections, decision-making enforcement and compulsory purchase.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced the grant of Royal Assent in a statement published on 26 October 2023, stating that LURA 2023 would ‘speed up the planning system, hold developers to account, cut bureaucracy, and encourage more councils to put in place plans ...

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