As expected there has already been a lot of reaction to the published paper yesterday. What is clearly a common theme however is that everyone agrees that change is needed – we concur. The system is perhaps ‘clunky’, but is it broken? The changes proposed are ambitious and wide-ranging and clearly have an overarching aim of speeding-up development and principally the delivery of housing. In theory this should be seen as a positive.
Past guidance has advocated that ‘good design is indivisible from good planning’. There are echoes of such aspirations here in that design and ‘beauty’ has to be a key consideration as well as quantum and speed of delivery. The two aims are interlinked and it will be interesting to see how proposals progress in seeking to achieve both.
Our Planners at Newsteer have reviewed these changes in detail and are happy to discuss these with you as there are no doubt significant opportunities for you / your estate once these come into effect.
Should you have any questions, please contact one of the team.
