The department, formerly known as MHCLG, is also under pressure to align the planning system with the UK’s highly ambitious net zero goals, and to find a lasting remedy to the nation's cladding scandal, which has seen homeowners in apartment blocks hit with crippling bills to remove combustible materials.Īllan said she was ‘thrilled’ by her appointment and ‘excited to continue the department’s work to ensure high-quality design in housing and placemaking’. She is now part of a government department led by a new secretary of state – Michael Gove – who is rethinking its proposed planning reforms after a revolt by Tory MPs and the shock byelection loss of Chesham and Amersham to the Lib Dems, a defeat blamed partly on local concerns over how shake-up would affect the area. Allan replaces von Bradsky, the former chair of PRP, who stepped down in the summer after two years in the job.
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