HBF responds to Government's reform of the planning system

19 March, 2002

Copy of the HBF response to the Government Green Paper: Planning; delivering a fundamentaL change, DTLR, 2001

The House Builders Federation has responded to the Government`s green paper on reform of the planning system.

The Federation has pointed to the need for efficiency, certainty, stability and transparency in any new planning system and has made a number of suggestions as to how the government`s proposals could be amended to meet these objectives.

The full response to the green paper can be viewed here:

Green Paper Response

There is also an executive summary of the response:

Executive Summary

Please see the separate news item regarding the HBF response to the consultation paper on the reform of the system of planning obligations.