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Councils ‘not using powers to refuse plans on design grounds’

By 2022-05-06T07:00:00

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Research from UCL suggests councils outside of London and the South-east are reluctant to challenge designs

Councils in England outside London and the South-east do not seem to be as rigorous in rejecting plans on design grounds, according to research. 

UCL’s Professor Matthew Carmona found design seemed “no longer to be set aside as a sacrificial lamb for other factors” after a change in planning policy last year to raise design standards. But there seemed a “particular reluctance to challenge design outside of London and the South-east”, he concluded. 

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