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Special offer Deconstructing Barker

A one dimensional misunderstanding of a multidimensional issue: a critique of the Barker Review of planning

Our report takes a critical look at the Barker Review of Land Use Planning. The Review's narrow focus on making the planning system easier for business and economic growth puts at risk the value of good planning to deliver sustainable development and a high quality living environment. We make the case for the planning system to be developed and strengthened with better protection for the countryside.
  • Report
  • A4, 57pp
  • March 2007
  • ISBN 1 902786 89 0
  • £4.99 RRP £10.00
  • PDF (300Kb)
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Departure Applications

How, when and why to ask that departure applications be called in

Local authorities make decisions on planning applications in line with policies in the approved development plan for their area. Sometimes a large-scale or controversial scheme gets approval which goes against the development plan. The local planning authority has to tell the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister about most departure applications it intends to approve. This guide explains what types of development could be considered a 'departure application', and when and how you can take action to influence a decision.

  • Guide
  • A4, 12pp
  • February 2005
  • Free with SAE
  • PDF (84Kb)
Enforcement

Quality control in planning

This briefing examines the problems with enforcement of planning controls, the impact of those problems and opportunities for reform.

  • Briefing
  • A4, 4pp
  • December 2002
  • Free with SAE
  • PDF (120Kb)
Future Planners

Propositions for the next age of planning

This report calls for the planning profession to take a key role in pursuing a more sustainable future, with proposals to boost democratic input and improve the public value of planning decisions.
  • Report
  • A4, 26pp
  • February 2007
  • PDF (510Kb)
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General Permitted Development Order 1995

Department of Communities and Local Government consultation

Our response to the Government consultation calls for local authorities to be given more freedom to tackle the growing problem of landbanking which is a threat to Green Belt.
  • Consultation response
  • A4, 2pp
  • October 2006
  • PDF (29Kb)
How to Respond to Planning Applications

An eight-step guide

Most significant developments in the United Kingdom require planning permission from a local planning authority. This process usually involves the submission of a planning application. As a member of the public, you are entitled to examine and comment on planning applications as they are made. This is your chance to press for planning decisions that work for the good of the environment and your local community. This guide tells you how to find out more about a planning application and — if necessary — how you can take action.
  • Guide
  • A5, 32pp
  • January 2005
  • ISBN: 1 902786 74 2
  • £3.00
  • PDF (657Kb)
Judicial Review and Planning Decisions
Produced in collaboration with the Environmental Law Foundation, this short guide will help you decide whether you have a case for judicial review and sets out how the procedure works.
  • Guide
  • A4, 12pp
  • October 2001
  • ISBN 1 902786 45 9
  • £3.50
  • PDF (467Kb)
Local Development Frameworks

How you can use them to protect the countryside, promote urban regeneration and improve

As part of the new planning system in England, local authorities will have to prepare a ‘Local Development Framework’ by 2007. This will replace Local Plans, Structure Plans, and Unitary Development Plans. They will comprise a collection of documents, policies, and proposals which set out a local planning strategy. They require public participation when they are being prepared and developed. This guide explains opportunities you have to influence policies and plans, which in turn influence most types of development including housing and the fate of the local environment and countryside.

  • Guide
  • A4, 34pp
  • September 2004
  • Free with SAE
  • PDF (129Kb)
Local Development Schemes
This supporting briefing to CPRE’s Local Development Frameworks campaigners’ guide sets out how you can influence your Local Development Scheme – the plan of the plans.
  • Briefing
  • A4, 6pp
  • November 2004
  • PDF (236Kb)
Making Planning Better

An agenda for the Planning White Paper

The Campaign to Protect Rural England, The Civic Trust, Friends of the Earth, Ramblers Association, RSPB, Transport 2000, and the Woodland Trust have come together to set out an agenda for making planning better. We have a deep concern over many of the recommendations of the Barker Review of Land Use Planning. Our statement sets out our shared vision for why planning matters, and what we would like to see in the Planning White Paper.
  • Leaflet
  • A4, 2pp
  • February 2007
  • PDF (166Kb)
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