IN ASSOCIATION WITH BERMAN GUEDES STRETTON ARCHITECTS

摘要

It's fair to say the government's planning policy is a hopeless, contradictory mess. Recent statements have veered between so-called 'muscular localism' and centralised overriding of local planning decisions. Commitments to building affordable housing are likely to be torn up and there is to be a temporary relaxation of the need for planning approval of domestic extensions. I've been noting these announcements while reading Talking Houses, a collection of the late Colin Ward's lectures on planning and the environment. This has been particularly interesting because there are aspects of planning deregulation he might have approved of.