Spatial planning UK news 2006

December 2006
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* Countryside endangered by East of England Plan development boost, CPRE
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*Building a Greener Future: Towards Zero Carbon Development, consultation document launched. Communities and Local Government
*Friends of the Earth welcomes new planning measures, but says Code for Sustainable Homes should be mandatory. FoE
*The Wildlife Trusts welcome today’s consultation draft Planning Policy Statement (PPS), Planning and Climate Change, but warn it needs to go further to prepare wildlife for climate change. Wildlife Trusts / Biodiversity UK
*So how safe is the Green Belt? CPRE
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*Countryside campaigners CPRE tell Chancellor: Don't take the democracy out of planning. CPRE 
* Further response to Barker Review: "A charter for increased traffic jams and social exclusion", Transport 2000
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* Barker sets out proposals for Land Use Planning System in England. more 
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* Leading environmental groups condemn the Government for failing to gather crucial information on the environmental impacts of road schemes. CPRE
August 2006
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* Development threat to England's nationally protected landscapes - CPRE CPRE
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* Brownfield land could accommodate up to one million new homes. DCLG
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* How well is your council doing at saving greenfield land? You can find out using CPRE's stopping sprawl campaign website. CPRE
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* Greenfield housing bonanza at odds with more sustainable direction for West Midlands warns CPRE. CPRE
July 2006
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* Government investigating ways to "strengthen the flood resilience of homes in areas of potential flood risk" - Government response to environmental audit committee report: sustainable housing. DCLG
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*Critics condemn government "fixation" with nuclear power. more 
June 2006
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* MPs highlight sprawl threat from new government policy on housing. CPRE / Affordability and the Supply of Housing, CPRE Comment
*Government encouraged by response to its New Growth Points Initiative, DCLG includes a listing of areas which have submitted growth proposals.
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* Friends of the Earth fear review of the planning system could pose major threat to communities and sustainable development. FoE
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