Nimbys to lose hold on their own backyards

ANGELA Rayner is to declare war on "Nimbys" with radical changes to stop residents blocking new developments including housing.

- Jonathan Walker

The Deputy Prime Minister will take decisions out of the hands of local council planning committees, which she says are responsible for "unacceptable delays" and hold back economic growth.

The change is designed to ensure Labour succeeds in its goal of delivering 1.5 million homes as well as new factories, solar farms, roads and railway lines.

Planning committees involve local councillors and typically make decisions on proposed developments when local residents object to them.