The government’s plan to abolish regional planning and targets risks hampering attempts to respond to housing demand, according to the Town and Country Planning Association. Communities secretary Eric Pickles has said he wants to rapidly abolish regional strategies and return housing decision-making to local councils. But a spokesman for TCPA, said that they were concerned that the government’s proposal to abolish regional planning would destroy a mechanism for making strategic investment decisions. The TCPA has published a report, The Future of Planning, which accepts planning needs to change but offers no clear view on what the new system should look like. The report says a new system should be built on responsible localism, a national spatial framework, strategic planning and incentives for growth. Read more on the Inside Housing website by clicking on the logo below.
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