Economic growth as the overriding priority of the planning system?

Date	Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Topic	Economy [4] Governance [5] Productivity & Economic Growth [6] Planning, Land & Flood Defence [7] Sustainable Development [8] Environment [9] Governance & Civic Participation [10] Infrastructure [11]

The Budget and Growth Review update sets out ambitious proposals to ensure the planning system does everything possible to support economic growth and sustainable development, helping to re-build Britain’s economy. These measures complement wider reforms underway to the planning system, including removing ineffective top-down central targets and encouraging local councils to bring forward more homes through incentives to share in the benefits of growth.

But it sets economic growth as the overriding priority of the planning system and allows businesses much more of a say in developing neighbourhood plans. It creates a presumption in favour of development where this development brings economic growth and jobs and planning decisions will need to conform to a pro-growth National Planning Policy Framework.

Download 'Planning and the Budget' [2] (doc)

For more details and background reading please visit www.communities.gov.uk/news/planningandbuilding/1871041 [3]

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[1] http://www.yourclimate.org/system/files/news_images/comms.jpg
[2] http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/newsroom/word/1871051.doc
[3] http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/planningandbuilding/1871041
[4] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/economy
[5] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation/governance
[6] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/economy/productivity-economic-growth
[7] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure/planning-land-flood-defence
[8] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/sustainable-development
[9] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment
[10] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation
[11] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure