Planners could yet be the solution

By Robert Booth Robert Booth Robert Booth 2005-02-04T00:00:00

Here’s a test for the planners. The new national planning policy, unveiled on Tuesday, demands right at the beginning that “design which fails to take the opportunities available for improving the character and quality of an area should not be accepted”.

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