General Article Concerns over planning reforms

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Over half (54%) of the British public believe that the Government’s plans to remove the need for planning permission for house and building extensions would mean the quality of the design of their neighbourhood would get worse, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

  • 54% of respondents think the quality of the design of buildings and houses in their neighbourhood would get worse.
  • 25% say it would remain the same.
  • Only 7% think that it ...

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