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Planning, building and the environment

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Summary

The Planning White Paper 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.

It proposes reforms on how we take decisions on nationally significant infrastructure projects - including energy, waste, waste-water and transport - responding to the challenges of economic globalisation and climate change.

It also proposes further reforms to the Town and Country Planning system, building on the recent improvements to make it more efficient and more responsive.

The White Paper asks a range of questions about our proposals, which are brought together in Annex A of the White Paper. They are also available as a separate Planning for a Sustainable Future: Consultation.

The Planning White Paper is available to download below. The separate Chapters and Annexes have also been made available individually for ease of printing. A summary of the White Paper is also available from a link on the right.

The consultation period ended on 17 August 2007. The Government's response, published on 27 November 2007 is available from a link on the right, together with a separate document summarising responses received.

The Planning Bill takes forward a number of the Planning White Paper proposals.

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• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper
  PDF, 1429 kb , 220 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Part 1
  MS Word, 918 kb , 130 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Part 2
  MS Word, 1547 kb , 69 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 1
  PDF, 325 kb , 28 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 2
  PDF, 199 kb , 14 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 3
  PDF, 148 kb , 18 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 4
  PDF, 153 kb , 14 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 5
  PDF, 162 kb , 24 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 6
  PDF, 120 kb , 6 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 7
  PDF, 189 kb , 18 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 8
  PDF, 273 kb , 26 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 9
  PDF, 134 kb , 18 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Chapter 10
  PDF, 49 kb , 8 pages
• Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper - Annexes
  PDF, 164 kb , 50 pages

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