Queen’s Speech to put planning reform back on the agenda

Last year's "radical" Planning Bill is long gone, replaced with watered-down reforms that promise local referenda on planning decisions and a few other tweaks.

There's not a lot of detail to go on, but early property industry reactions to the latest proposed planning reforms have been less than positive.

"I understand that regional mayors may soon be given the power to ban properties from being used as short-term lets," writes James Forsyth, political editor of The Spectator, in The Times.