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New Chancellor outlines major planning reforms, green-belt review and end to onshore wind farm ban in first speech

Rural groups welcome Rachel Reeves' plan for growth while tenant farmers raise concern over possible 'green' land grab

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Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for economic growth, including a scrapping planning rules and a green-belt review
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Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for economic growth, including a scrapping planning rules and a green-belt review

Reform of the UK's 鈥榓ntiquated' planning system, a full-scale review of green belt boundaries, along with a commitment to end the 鈥榓bsurd ban' on new onshore wind farms, were just three of the key pledges...

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