We need more homes. 143,000 a year according to economist Kate Barker. But unless there are some hefty changes to planning policy and process, we won鈥檛 be getting them.

Bureaucracy and a statistic-driven planning system means that planning approvals are taking longer than they ever did. Then there鈥檚 the obsession with brownfield sites and high density. Where will young families live?

Last month the government published its Planning White Paper. Has it got it right? Over the next seven pages CM asks practitioners what changes they think are needed, looks at how the planning system came about, and visits three 鈥榥ew towns鈥� to learn some lessons from the past about creating communities for the future.

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