'Planning is not a barrier to delivery'

摘要

As a Building Better, Building Beautiful (BBBB) commissioner I feel there is much to be welcomed in the planning white paper. There are many recommendations from the commission's report, Living with Beauty, that are almost copied across. Bringing a stubbornly analogue planning system into the digital age. Simplifying the local plan development stage and using it to push democracy upstream by properly engaging people in determining the future vision for their area. But there are a few bits that were missed. The devil is in the detail, for example requiring minimum standards for all homes whether new or built using permitted development rights, which I hope will not get completely lost downstream.