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RIBA president tells Jenrick his planning deregulations are ‘truly disgraceful’

By 2020-07-21T10:09:00

Alan Jones

Government should instead be incentivising sustainable devlopment like Goldsmith Street, says Alan Jones

RIBA president Alan Jones has condemned the government’s plans to extend permitted development rights (PDR) as “truly disgraceful”.

He said he would be writing to Robert Jenrick as a matter of urgency.

Housing secretary Jenrick is due to announce today a new permitted development right designed to allow existing buildings to be demolished and rebuilt as homes.

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