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fh Draft National Planning Policy Framework
The plan, published in July, streamlines policy that is currently more than 1,000 pages down to just 52 and features a presumption of “sustainable development.
The Department for Communities and Local Government says it intends to transform a system whose “volume and complexity have made planning increasingly inaccessible to all but specialists.
But the National Trust said the plans “failed to protect the everyday places that local communities love” while the Campaign to Protect Rural England said the government needed “to listen and make further inprovements or the consequences for the English countryside and the character of our towns and villages will be grave.
Regeneration Britain
Regeneration BritainIn the
times of a worrying economy, local councils look
increasingly to reclaiming aban-doned spaces. But are all brown field
sites suitable for redevelopment?
The plan, published in
July, streamlines policy that is currently more than 1,000
pages down to just 52 and fea-tures a presumption of “sustainable development. The Department for Communities and Local Government says it intends to transform a system whose “volume and complexity have
made planning increasingly inac-cessible to all but specialists.
‘Good for business’
But the National Trust said the
plans “failed to protect the everyday places that local communities love” while
the Campaign to Protect Rural England said the government needed “to listen and make further
improvements or the consequences for the English countryside and the character of our towns and villages will be grave. Mr Clark told the BBC it was “absolutely crucial” for the government to simplify planning processes so that homes could be built and to encourage business.We’re building fewer homes than can accommodate young people that need to be housed, we’ve got a problem of homelessness, overcrowding, poverty as
rents rise.The housing minister denied there would be
any backtracking on the plans, despite his agreement to hold talks.
Regen
eration
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