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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Prudence Ivey

Comment: community-led planning is the goal but pitting neighbours against each other is a recipe for disaster

Shirley Eaton and Sean Connery in the 1964 film of Goldfinger, named for a Thirties planning battle

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There are many impediments to new home-building in the UK but local opposition, aka Nimbyism, is a major factor.

Previous communities secretary Robert Jenrick’s proposed planning reforms aimed to help the Government hit its target of 300,000 new homes a year by forcing through new developments in designated areas, an idea that proved deeply unpopular in several key Tory constituencies.

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