If the government wants growth, it needs to embed environmental protections in planning

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There is a major opportunity to harness reform to the planning system to drive sustainable development, writes UKGBC’s Simon McWhirter

Away from other headline controversies, the government's new scheme for planning has also been ruffling a few feathers. Proposals announced in the ‘mini-Budget' covering planning and the environmental...

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