Planning for the Future

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All quiet on the planning front, so where are we now with proposed reform of the system?

All quiet on the planning front, so where are we now with proposed reform of the system?

Wednesday 8 September 2021

The apparent view from Westminster that the country’s planning system was so poor we needed to ‘tear it down and start again’ proved astonishingly contentious as tens of thousands of people responded to a consultation on the subject. Here, Michael Hand, CPRE Essex planning adviser, updates us on the progress of the Planning for the […] Read more >

Planning White Paper: we write to the county’s MPs

Planning White Paper: we write to the county’s MPs

Thursday 19 November 2020

The government’s Planning for the Future White Paper is a potential nightmare for our countryside (see here). CPRE Essex has already made a substantial contribution to the government consultation on the White Paper (see here) and now has written to each of the county’s MPs detailing serious concerns ranging from loss of countryside to threat […] Read more >

Planning for the Future: London Green Belt Council welcomes countryside protections but fears for local democracy

Planning for the Future: London Green Belt Council welcomes countryside protections but fears for local democracy

Thursday 6 August 2020

The London Green Belt Council, of which CPRE Essex is an associate member, has described government proposals for reform of the planning system as “a mixed bag”. It applauds the provision of some countryside protection in the Green Belt and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty but is disheartened by the threat to local democracy and […] Read more >

‘Pitiful’ on carbon-neutral new homes and failing to build trust in the planning system: CPRE responds to ‘once-in-a-generation’ reforms

‘Pitiful’ on carbon-neutral new homes and failing to build trust in the planning system: CPRE responds to ‘once-in-a-generation’ reforms

Thursday 6 August 2020

CPRE, the countryside charity, has launched a wide-ranging criticism of “once-in-a-generation reforms” to the country’s planning system proposed by the government today (Thursday, August 6). Described as “landmark reforms to speed up and modernise the planning system and get the country building”, the changes proposed in the Planning for the Future White Paper fail to […] Read more >

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