Big Bold Steps
The long awaited White Paper entitled “Planning for
the Future” is super glossy and stuffed full of
photographs – get the message, only beautiful development
wanted! The consultation on reform of the planning system
closes on 29 October 2020.
The Prime Minister does not view the planning system as a thing
of beauty, more a crumbling relic which has stymied the development
of new homes, jobs and talent and enabled developers to dodge their
obligations to improve infrastructure. It must be torn down and a
new system built in its place,
The Government seeks a simpler, faster and more predictable
system with less red tape. Yet one also where the individual
will have a “greater say” over what gets built. A
system with quality, design and local vernacular at the forefront,
inspired by Bath, Belgravia and Bournville, a world of green
spaces, new parks and tree lined streets, where your neighbours
will not be strangers. Lessons from the past, reset in a
