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Planning gain or planning game - are rules needed?

Series: Urban Environment Today ; 6 December 2001, 12-13(2)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Examines the planning gain system in the context of the government's planning green paper. Highlights various reports based on surveys with local authorities which reveal a complicated picture but with a general trend towards greater use of planning obligations to secure local benefits. This was reflected in a survey of London council planning gain policies which highlights a clear increase in such agreements. Another survey from Sheffield University town planning department for the RICS calls for fundemental reform of the planning system. With focus on Cambridge and Newcastle developments.
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Examines the planning gain system in the context of the government's planning green paper. Highlights various reports based on surveys with local authorities which reveal a complicated picture but with a general trend towards greater use of planning obligations to secure local benefits. This was reflected in a survey of London council planning gain policies which highlights a clear increase in such agreements. Another survey from Sheffield University town planning department for the RICS calls for fundemental reform of the planning system. With focus on Cambridge and Newcastle developments.