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23 July 2010

CPRE Shropshire broadly welcomes the new powers but wonders how they will work.

Reacting to the statement by Housing Minister Grant Shapps, Andy Boddington Chairman of CPRE Shropshire broadly welcomed the announcement and said:

“CPRE Shropshire trusts local communities to make the right decisions. We would be surprised if rural communities in Shropshire voted for housing they did not need for local needs. Villagers treasure their local landscapes so they are unlikely to trash them with unnecessary and badly located housing development. They will be able to build community facilities as well as houses and that must be a good thing.”

“The trouble is that no one has a clue how this will work within the existing planning system. Will county planners be able to veto schemes they think are unsuitable? Will they still be able to foister development on unwilling villagers? We don’t yet know whether this is a eye-catching initiative or a true revolution in the way rural communities are planned.”

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