A new vision for planning - There must be a better way?

摘要

The planning system in England is a mess! There are six pieces of primary legislation governing the planning process and a further nine pieces of directly related legislation. All but one of these statutes date from 1990 onwards with six gaining Royal Assent in the last nine years creating a bewildering array of statutes. The Secretary of State focuses on the minutiae of where the bins are kept and enabling people to rent out domestic parking spaces whilst blaming planners for a lack of vision. Meanwhile, the national housing crisis continues to dominate the headlines, society gets more unequal, and our national infrastructure teeters on the edge of catastrophic breakdown.