Proposals for a Planning Reform

The 2006 Local Plans are a set of planning regulations issued with the aim of regularising development in our towns.

While the Local Plans themselves were meant to protect our townscapes, the introduction of “rationalisation zones” - which opened up large swathes of virgin land for construction after ten years from the enactment of the Local Plans - were nothing more than a speculation exercise, and partly responsible for the building spree of the last years.