CLIMATE CHANGE

Let's work together on the most important agenda of our time

Paul O'Brien says policy on permitted development rights 'continues to work against a co-ordinated approach at local level on reshaping place and making developers contribute to this process'.

With the worst of the pandemic hopefully behind us, it is now time to refocus on addressing the longer-term policy imperative of addressing climate change.

It will require different spheres of governance in the UK to not only recognise the legitimacy of each other's role in pursuit of the drive to net zero, but also to work closely together. One area where this approach is needed is in master planning the transformation of local place in terms of sustainable transport, energy systems, developing newbuild homes and retrofitting existing properties.

Paul O'Brien

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