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To begin creating the nature friendly, low carbon, well designed, affordable homes and places of the future, campaigners are using six decisive tests to scrutinise the upcoming Planning Bill.
A broad coalition of 22 housing, planning, transport, environmental and heritage organisations have joined forces to urge the government to change course and avoid ousting people and nature from planning.
The six tests provide a scorecard that uses the government’s own wording in its Planning White Paper to critically assess whether its vision for planning will become a reality in the Planning Bill. Wide ranging organisations from CPRE, the countryside charity through to Ramblers, Wildlife Trusts and Woodland Trust have jointly developed these tests, which include:
The joint coalition understands the power of planning to create thriving, sustainable housing that our communities will feel proud to call home. These tests provide the framework to track government progress towards creating a planning system fit for the future by judging each criteria red, amber or green at key legislative milestones. It is crucial that Ministers now change course in their proposed changes to planning and introduce a Bill that will move us closer to this vision, and not further away.
The government’s response to the Planning White Paper is expected imminently and will give an indication as to whether or not Ministers have heeded the concerns from this coalition of organisations.
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