Cutting planning red tape.

Building glasshouses takes too long. The government will aim to shorten the timelines, as well as the time required to build essential horticultural infrastructure for water and energy needs. The government's Food Strategy highlights next-generation glasshouses as crucial for sustainable commercial horticulture, encouraging urban and rural projects. 

Recent changes include increasing the ground area limit for new agricultural buildings on large farms to 1,500 square meters and extensions on small farms to 1,250 square meters. 

Additionally, the government will: 

Review planning barriers for the horticulture sector, including a formal summer review of obstacles preventing Controlled Environment Horticulture (CEH) growers from building and expanding glasshouses. They will emphasise the importance of the controlled environment horticultural sector in the new National Development Management Policies and National Planning Policy Framework, with changes subject to public consultation. 

Consult on a Permitted Development Right for small-scale, on-farm wind turbines to help farmers transition to renewable energy and support energy resilience.