The Winter 2020 Edition of the High Wycombe Society Newsletter
includes an article by Chris Woodman of the Society’s Planning Group analysing the main features of the recent Government White Paper “Planning for the Future” and other Planning system changes in the pipeline.
Although the consultation periods have now ended, readers may wish to see the full text of the White Paper for themselves. It can be viewed here:
In his Newsletter article, Chris refers to many responses from other organisations which may be of interest and are collated here for anyone wishing to read up in more depth.
From the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, the eight-minute video referred to in Chris’s Newsletter article can be found on YouTube at:
Planning White Paper – a short video guide for communities – YouTube
The CPRE response to the White Paper and other proposals can be found here:
Summary CPRE response to Planning white paper and proposals, 2020 – CPRE
The Civic Voice response is here:
Civic_Voice_response_FINAL_1.pdf
The National Trust’s response:
Planning for the Future, our response to the Government White Paper | National Trust
The Planning Officers Society’s response:
Microsoft Word – 2020 White Paper POS Response.docx (planningofficers.org.uk)
The Local Government Association’s response:
LGA submission to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Planning for the
Future White Paper | Local Government Association
Buckinghamshire Council’s response:
Buckinghamshire Council response to White Paper (buckinghamshire-gov-uk.s3.amazonaws.com)
On 16th December the Government published a response to the parallel consultation on proposed planning changes which can be viewed here: