Chapter 4Planning for new development
The structure of rural life has changed irreversibly, but the planning system is still based on a model of rural life that existed 70 years ago. The effect of failing to permit new development to support the changing roles in the countryside has raised house prices and reduced opportunities for the rural working population. This chapter looks at who lives and works in the countryside today, and where new development is required to support them. It also examines how settlements should be permitted to expand to accommodate growing urban populations and to meet the ambitions of the occupants of exurbia. Underpinning all of this is the need to define what acceptable new building looks like and how it can be ...
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