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Monday 5 July 2010

Call to cut planning and consents red tape

Proposals for simplifying the planning and consents environment, encouraging development and growth and cutting the amount of red tape faced by business and government, has been published today by the Penfold Review.

The Review recommends measures that could free up resources, save time and money, and deliver real benefits not only to developers and investors, but also to consenting bodies in England. Local communities in towns and villages could also benefit from greater transparency and clarity about how decisions are made.

The Review recommends:

• Simplifying the non-planning consents landscape by removing some individual consents and rationalising other groups of related consents;

• Giving developers easy access to clear, accurate and up-to-date information;

• Delivering greater certainty for developers and removing duplication by improving the way planning and non-planning consents operate together;

• Improve the co-ordination and governance around decisions involving multiple decision makers;

• Strengthening the service culture of decision-making bodies by, for example, setting timetables for the determination of non-planning consents; and

• Creating a clear system for oversight of the planning and non-planning landscape.

Mark Prisk, Minister for Business, said:

“Businesses involved in construction and development should not have to deal with a regime made more complicated through needless red tape and procedure”.

“We need innovative solutions that simplify how government can deliver real benefits for business, saving time and money and encouraging growth.”

“Across government we need to carefully consider this report and I thank Adrian Penfold for his valuable contribution to our work on cutting down the burden on business.”

Adrian Penfold said;

“My Review presents a package of measures that would deliver real benefits to developers by removing unnecessary burdens and speeding up processes."

"The proposed changes should also give people more influence over what happens in their local communities, thanks to more efficient, transparent and accountable processes.”

"Decision-making bodies also stand to benefit by making changes that enable them to free up resource and redirect it towards their highest priorities."

“Establishing non-planning consents regimes that are more responsive to the needs of all users and that effectively interact with the planning process is very important in helping to drive sustainable economic growth"

The Government will consider the recommendations from the Penfold Review in detail and will publish a formal response in the autumn.

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