<p>Improving the Planning Process</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:12 pm on 11 October 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:12, 11 October 2016

Well, it will seek to ensure that—if we look, for example, at the local development plan process—that is done in suitable time. It will look at certain developments and remove them from local authorities in order for them to be considered more speedily, not in terms of less detail but in terms of them being considered in an appropriate timescale. Also, of course, it will ensure that, as far as developers and the public are concerned, there will be a better understanding of how the planning process works and at what point the planning process must be identified. But ultimately it’s a matter of ensuring not just that there is land available, but also that there are various different models available in terms of the type of tenure that people wish to get when they either buy or rent houses.