I was kindly asked to contribute to Maria Shahid's (@PropJourn on Twitter) article in the Law Society Gazette, which was published last week. The main focus was the recent and proposed changes to planning law and the resultant impact on our town and city centres.
As ever with planning (or perhaps that is just me!), the discussion went far beyond the initial brief, covering resourcing at local authority level, recent government consultants, and our hopes for positive improvement in the future.
Thank you again to Maria for the invitation, and the other contributors to the article - I hope it is a thought provoking read and please do get in touch if you have any comments or queries.
"...what was the planning system designed to do and what it it now being ask to do?...planners are being asked to deal with viability...affordable housing...social engineering"
