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Professional Standards And Advocacy
The blog by Nigel Pearce yesterday, see below, has created something of a Twitter storm around the issue of just how objective should a planning consultant be when working for a client in support of scheme.
Well, it would be easy to say that you never hear of a consultant telling a client their sche...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 18 June 2018
Structural Dishonesty In The Planning System
Underneath the topsoil of local councils and developers in England, and presumably elsewhere in the UK, lies a substratum of consultants, both national and international, who are making a great deal of money out of the planning system.
When developers employ consultants to carry out sustainability ...
Posted by Nigel Pearce on 17 June 2018
Why Land Squandering Goes On And On And On
One of the great mysteries of planning in this country is why the most densely populated country in Europe goes on squandering its land with the lowest residential density development in Europe.
I must apologise to readers outwith England here, as it-apos-s England I-apos-m referring to, though land...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 02 June 2018
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