PLANNING

Is the 'stick'-led approach in planning reform the best strategy?

New planning rules feature a heavy presumption in favour of development, but Ben Standing argues we must also engage communities to ensure local people feel the benefits this brings.

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In unfurling its new planning statement for England, the Government has replaced the proverbial carrot with a stick in urging local authorities to facilitate the scale of housebuilding required. 

The new National Planning Policy Framework, published this month following a summer consultation, marks a line in the sand for how the Government will tackle the acute national housing shortage.

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