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Architects greet PM’s plans to rip up planning rules with ‘extreme concern’

By 2020-06-30T15:52:00

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RIBA president warns Johnson not to waste opportunity to build back more sustainably

Architects have reacted with concern to the prime minister’s pledge to unleash the most radical reform of the planning system since the Second World War.

RIBA president Alan Jones warned that ditching the requirement for planning applications in even more cases was at odds with the government’s stated ambition to build more beautifully.

Allowing developers to tear down derelict buildings and replace them with housing without democratic scrutiny would lead to the creation of future slums, he said.

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