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Planning
The Planning Bill (external link) was introduced on Tuesday 27 November 2007. The legislation builds on the proposals set out in the Planning White Paper and introduces a new system for nationally significant infrastructure planning, alongside further reforms to the town and country planning system. The Secretary of State set out further details in a statement to Parliament on the same day.
The Planning White Paper Planning for a Sustainable Future sets out our detailed proposals for reform of the planning system, building on Kate Barker's recommendations for improving the speed, responsiveness and efficiency in land use planning, and taking forward Kate Barker's and Rod Eddington's proposals for reform of major infrastructure planning. These proposals were consulted on over the summer of 2007. The Government's response to the consultation was published on 27 November 2007. It's conclusions have informed the proposals in the Planning Bill.
The Housing Green Paper Homes for the future: more affordable, more sustainable sets out proposals for more homes to meet growing demand, to make housing more affordable, and to create places and homes that people want to live in.
The Green Paper includes proposals for further reforms to the planning system to aid the delivery of this ambition, including local planning incentives and improving the regional planning process.
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- Planning Policy Implementation
- Regional and local plans
- Planning for Housing
- Decisions on planning applications and appeals
- Planning and the Environment
- Sustainability and Environmental Assessment
- Trees and High Hedges
- Planning useful links directory
- Planning research
- Planning statistics
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