Should the government relax rural planning laws?

2009-01-09T00:00:00

Would villages like this one in the Cotswolds see sustainable communities spring from relaxed rural planning laws?

Relaxing planning laws will hlep prvent villages becoming commuter homes, argues Mole Architecture’s Meredith Bowles, while the CPRE’s Kate Gordon counters that it will divert building from towns and cities.

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