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@deletebeepbeepbeep & @BLOCK F I agree largely. The last Labour Government had introduced regional planning which - although imperfect - at least was a strategic approach addressing regional distribution of housing and infrastructure and also allowed a strategic approach to Green Belt deletion...

Dominic Cummings is (in) famous within the planning profession for pushing through the radical deregulation of permitted development rights which have resulted in more homes in stupid places, built to 'future slum' standards. So a Labour government would have to take a radical approach...

What are these planning laws that need changing? The only ones that the Labour Party have referred to are derelict petrol stations in the Green Belt. This is already allowed under para 154g of the National Planning Policy Framework so it will need something more radical than that, like 1)...

A few have mentioned the capacity of public transport, active travel and the roads in relation to current and future numbers of houses. Well, East Sussex County Council are currently consulting on their next Local transport plan...

No not yet. A national registration scheme is being introduced and its likely that Councils will also be able to define areas in which planning permission will be needed for new (not existing) short-term holiday lets. Not good enough, in my opinion. Mrs Cottager has just returned from Mallorca...