Force councils to adopt local plans, CLG committee demands
Author: Jonathan Werran, The MJ |
Government planning reforms should be amended to tackle anxieties about inappropriate and unsustainable development, a panel of MPs has urged.
A report issued today by the Commons communities and local government committee found developers are exploiting loopholes in the National Planning Policy Framework to launch ‘speculative’ planning applications, which foist unwanted developments which run counter to the wishes of local communities.