Notes
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1. Reforms aimed at making the planning system “quicker and simpler to use” were set out in the 2015 Productivity Plan and Budget 2016. The Queen's Speech 2016 announced a new “Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill” providing for further reform in addition to those made by the Housing and Planning Act 2016. Retrieved from http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06418.
2. Rt Hon. Eric Pickles MP, speech to the Confederation of British Industry, 21 March 2011.
3. Rt Hon. Dr Vince Cable MP, Mansion House Trade and Industry speech, 3 March 2011.
4. Blog by Michael Harris entitled: “Why some people seem to hate planning”. Retrieved from: http://www.rtpi.org.uk/briefing-room/rtpi-blog/why-some-people-seem-to-hate-planning/.