Whitehall turf wars threaten economic growth and recovery in many parts of Britain by undermining attempts to co-ordinate planning for big infrastructure projects such as roads, ports and railways, warns a new report from leading housing and planning charity, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA).
A series of National Policy Statements (NPS), a cornerstone of England’s new national planning system unveiled in 2008, are leaving different government departments to make their own plans for major infrastructure projects. This means, for example, that where a new high-speed rail link is planned that will create jobs and bring people into an area, too little consideration is being given to the demand it will create for an extra power station or new roads.
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