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Article: Planning reform--action after the Green Paper: David Lock examines the Government's intentions for reform of the planning system, outlined in the Deputy Prime Minister's statement Sustainable Communities--Delivering through Planning. (feature).
- Article from:
- Town and Country Planning
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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In December 2001 the Government issued its Green Paper Planning: Delivering a Fundamental Change. (1) This was quickly followed by so-called `daughter documents' trailing changes in Compulsory Purchase Order procedures, a proposed new system of standard planning gain charges or `tariffs', changes to the Use Classes Order and the General Development Order affecting the need for planning permission, and a new role for Parliament in major infrastructure projects. (2)
The TCPA's response to the Green Paper was published in the March 2002 issue of T&CP. (3) The TCPA then became engaged in an intensive series of meetings with the then Planning Minister, Lord Falconer, ...