The Environment Agency is working with DCLG and DEFRA on planning guidance to support the NPPF, but meanwhile even Government concerns about climate change and developing in flood risk or water shortage areas has still to stimulate any return to regional spatial planning.
Last month, BB looked at the dangers in reviving the garden city idea. Here, TCPA chief executive Kate Henderson sets out why she believes these ideals still have a critical relevance for high-quality place making and delivering housing and jobs.
The Welsh Assembly debated proposals to reform planning for economic development, but they expressed little or no support for protecting brownfield-first.
The RTPI has written to the minister on behalf of a group of bodies seeking revised NPPF wording on the spatial aspects of planning for previously developed land.
The Government has flatly rejected most of a select committee's criticisms of its regeneration policy and has proposed yet another phrase to avoid mentioning brownfield in its policies.
DCLG is proposing to cut back Land Use Change Statistics which provide vital information on the damage caused by sprawl and the benefits of brownfield policies.
