Spatial planning UK comment Jan-Jun 2007

=== June 2007 ===
*National Housing and Planning Advisory Unit should not sacrifice the environment in attempt to make housing affordable, Campaign to Protect Rural England, June 7
=== May 2007 ===
*New Start editorial May 23 2007 Remember Swampy? It was only a decade ago that eco-warriors constructed networks of tunnels and tree houses to prevent roads and runways being built. Now they’re nearly old enough for a reunion tour.
*Government presses ahead with business friendly planning white paper, CPRE, May 21 
:*Planning white paper: bad for the environment, bad for communities, The Civic Trust, May 22. A coalition of environmental and social organisations supported by over 2.3 million people has come together to fight damaging Government proposals to reform the planning system.
:*Planning White Paper: give people a real say not just warm words, Transport 2000
:*TCPA welcomes national planning statements, but demands a right to be heard for communities, TCPA
:*Greenpeace on Planning White Paper, Greenpeace
:*Planning White Paper must put sustainable development centre stage, Natural England
:*Government looks set to launch multiple assault on wildlife, The Wildlife Trusts
:*UK no nearer to 2010 renewables target with Planning White Paper, British Wind Energy Association
:* Planning White Paper slammed, Friends of the Earth / Planning Disaster, Consultations
* Planning White Paper: Major developments may be forced through, Friends of the Earth, May 17 / Planning Disaster 
* Cerebral Brown has caved in. This is cynical Brown's work, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, May 16 / Planning Disaster 
=== February 2007 ===
* Urban land wasted says CPRE, February 27 / Urban focus