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Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones is a broadcaster, developer and president of Civic Voice

Planning is complex by definition - so how can 'simplification' work?

28.09.2020

Griff Rhys Jones

England | housebuilding | planning for the future | Planning reform | planning system | Policy & Politics

Efforts to simplify the planning system to speed up housebuilding are almost certainly doomed to failure, says Griff Rhys Jones. Planning is complicated, whether you like it or not - and it'...

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A round-up of planning appeals: 9 January-15 January, 2021
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Despite acknowledging the 'very poor' physical condition of a building in Yorkshire and the appellant's failure to make it watertight, an...

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