Planning Minister Out of Answers on Town Centre First
Planning minister Brandon Lewis MP has admitted that Government does not monitor the effectiveness of planning rules designed to promote investment in town centres.
As part of an evidence session conducted by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, the former high streets Minister told the Committee that town centre first planning rules were a matter for local authorities to deal with as part of their local plans, despite fewer than one in seven actually having plans in place that comply with the NPPF.
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