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Councils warn permitted development a risk to health and wellbeing

|Date: 16 July, 2019

Councils warn permitted development a risk to health and wellbeing

Councils across England are warning that homes created using permitted development rights are a potential ...

Councils across England are warning that homes created using permitted development rights are a potential threat to people’s health and wellbeing, with the most vulnerable people in society being more ...

16 July, 2019
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Planning system failing those in greatest need, new TCPA report finds

|Date: 16 October, 2018

Planning system failing those in greatest need, new TCPA report finds

Councils in the most deprived areas of England are meeting only a fraction of their requirements for affo ...

Councils in the most deprived areas of England are meeting only a fraction of their requirements for affordable housing because the planning system is not set up to deliver homes for people in the gre ...

16 October, 2018
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Planning system not fit for purpose, says former Housing Minister

|Date: 16 May, 2018

Planning system not fit for purpose, says former Housing Minister

A new review of the planning system by former Housing Minister Nick Raynsford calls on the government to ...

A new review of the planning system by former Housing Minister Nick Raynsford calls on the government to scrap existing planning legislation, saying that it has been ‘built on the back of assertion ra ...

16 May, 2018
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