Hundreds of thousands of homes in England could be built without full-blown planning permission under Tory plans to slash controls on development.
Ministers will unveil a complete overhaul this week of England's system that has been in place for 73 years in a bid to speed up new homes.
Instead of residents being able to fight any individual schemes from scratch, councils will divide land into three categories in advance.
In the most liberal “growth” zone, developer giants will automatically have permission “in principle” to build homes, hospitals, schools, shops and offices.
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