It’s official: the government is U-turning on planning system changes

It’s official: the government is U-turning on planning system changes

Posted on Feb 28, 2022 by jsw  | Tags: Planning

In a seismic success for CPRE, the countryside charity and planning campaigners across the country, it’s now confirmed: the voices of local people will remain central to the planning system.

We’ve campaigned about the damaging proposals that the government had put forward to change the planning system since they were announced, warning that the changes would cut out the voices of local people in steering what developments would be built locally.

After persistent calls for a rethink, ministers have backed down from their plans and now acknowledge that any new system will have ‘effective local engagement at its heart’.

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