‘There should not be a fast track for beauty’: Betts Committee reports on The Future of the Planning System in England

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"The government’s aim of developing a planning system that enables buildings to be built more quickly and with greater input from local communities is welcome, but it is far from clear how the current proposals will achieve this," explains Clive Betts, Chair of the influential Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee. "The government’s three areas proposal needs to be reconsidered."

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This is "radical reform unlike anything we have seen since the Second World War," declares the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, as the Planning for the Future consultation opens.
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There's a mixed bag of reactions to the Government's proposed sweeping reform of the planning system.
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"Urban areas have been creating flood risk," writes Lee Bosher. "And this is largely due to the government’s focus on making land – low cost, flood prone land – available for development."