The Royal Town Planning Institute issued a letter welcoming Greg Clark MP to the position of Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary and Marcus Jones MP as minister for Housing to the new Ministerial team at DLUHC.
Victoria Hills, Chief Executive of the RTPI, said: “I have today written to the new Ministerial team at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities welcoming Greg Clark MP on his return to the department as Housing Secretary and Marcus Jones MP who has been appointed as Minister for Housing.
“Both Ministers have significant experience of working with local government, planners and the wider built environment sector. In a period of uncertainty for both the public and planners, we are encouraged to know that Mr Clark and Mr Jones will be building on considerable knowledge and experience.
“We look forward to working with these ministers as we did with their predecessors. By working with the department today we hope to build a stronger planning system in the future, one which can support a sustainable and healthy built environment that communities can be proud of. We welcomed Government’s decision to place planning at the centre of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, recognising the planning system’s importance to places and communities that need the most support to level up.
“We will now work closely with Mr Clark, Mr Jones and the department to support the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill’s passage through parliament. It is our continued goal to ensure the planning system receives the recognition and resourcing necessary to create and shape communities that citizens can be proud of.”
