Summary
Protecting the countryside will be more difficult under the Government's planning reforms - and even the Green Belt could be at risk, MPs have been warned.
Shaun Spiers, chief executive of the Campaign to Protect England, said the new rules should recognise the importance of the countryside as a whole - not only those areas that are nationally designated. As the Daily Press has reported, the Government has waged a war of words on the CPRE, and other charities such as the National Trust, over its draft national planning policy framework. The most controversial element is a presumption of sustainable development, which critics say is an invitation to concrete over the countryside. Mr Spiers told the Commons Communities & Local Government Committee the current policy of building on used - or brownfield - land must be retained.See the full content of this document
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Even Green Belt Now at Risk
"We are particularly concerned about the loss for the...
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