Another good reason to vote Conservative...

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I might say a little more about the Conservative Party's planning "green paper" but its general direction seems excellent. This line struck me especially:

"...giving local people the power to engage in genuine local planning through collaborative democracy - designing a local plan from the "bottom up", starting with the aspirations of neighbourhoods."

That plus abolishing the Infrastructure Planning Commission and nobbling the Planning Inspectorate is a good start towards having a responsive, locally-focused and accountable planning system. And that the vested interests of the British Property Federation and RTPI don't like it suggest to me that we might be on to something!

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