Power for the government to intervene and have local plans drafted setting out how housing needs will be met when local authorities fail to produce them, and penalties for those that make 50% or fewer planning decisions on time.

Analysis Housing and the budget: what you need to know:

In a budget with a heavy focus on housing, we’ve rounded up the key policies from the chancellor’s briefcase.

Stronger compulsory purchase powers to bring forward more brownfield land and devolution of planning powers, including powers over land, to the mayors of London and Manchester.

The right for major infrastructure projects that include elements of housing development to be fast-tracked through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure regime – meaning the project does not need to go through full democratic consultation.

Proposals to end to the need for planning permission for upwards extensions for a limited number of storeys up to the height of the adjoining building in the capital.

A package to support small and medium-sized housebuilders, including new sanctions for local authorities not processing smaller planning applications on time, with earlier fee refunds.

Local authorities say planning delays are caused by the lack of resources in planning departments, but the government is likely to provide a blueprint for how these planning requests should be handled.

Osborne fought a number of bruising encounters with conservationists in the last parliament, but seems to be determined to do so again on the basis that the supply of land at the right price has been the single biggest factor holding back housebuilding.