Interesting to see the RTPI has warned that the government's Right to Build proposals could "disempower" communities by bypassing the current structure of representative Council decision-making.
The RTPI's spokesperson Jamie Hodge's comments are particularly revealing:
"Proper planning scrutiny has served us well whereas this proposal appears to disempower local authorities by removing their right to determine development proposals and may mean that new housing built as a result may conflict with existing wider community priorities, and will only have to meet nationally proscribed minimum standards, even if the local authority wishes to see higher design standards in its own area."
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