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RIBA tells Jenrick to ‘urgently reconsider’ planning reforms

By and 2020-08-04T05:00:00

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Deregulation not the way to see more homes built, president says

RIBA president Alan Jones has called on the government to “urgently reconsider” its planning reforms ahead of a white paper on the new laws due to be published this week.

The sweeping reforms, which will introduce a US-style zonal system allowing automatic permission for developments in certain areas, are set to unleash the most radical changes to the planning system since the Second World War when they come into force in September.

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