MHCLG's Chief Planner Urges Local Authorities to Get a Plan in Place

摘要

England's chief planner, Joanna Averley, has urged local authorities not to let the planning white paper prevent them from getting their local plans in place. Speaking at the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport ("ADEPT") autumn conference about the Government's proposals for planning reform, set out in Planning for the Future, she warned that the white paper is a "really important" document that isn't about issuing new Planning Practice Guidance ("PPG"), while the process won't be finished in the next couple of months. "We'll be going into the next stage of policy development now, and developing the policy through the coming months" she explained.