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ARTICLE · 05 OCTOBER 2011

Analysis - Has The Coalition Delivered On Planning?

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Today’s entry compares the coalition agreement with what has happened so far in the planning sphere.

United KingdomGovernment, Public Sector
Angus Walker
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This is entry number 280, published on 29 September 2011, of a blog on the Planning Act 2008 infrastructure planning and authorisation regime. Click  here for a link to the whole blog. If you would like to be notified when the blog is updated, with links sent by email, click here.

Today's entry compares the coalition agreement with what has happened so far in the planning sphere.

Back in May 2010, the coalition agreement was drawn up between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, setting out their programme for government.  Are they doing what they said they would do?  Here are the planning-related claims and what has happened to date.

We will rapidly abolish Regional Spatial Strategies and return decision-making powers on housing and planning to local councils, including giving councils new powers to stop 'garden grabbing'.

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