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By: Gordon Adams

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  • We need a Hippocratic oath for planning rules: First do no harm

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    Planning has become so complicated that applications get approved despite the system rather than because of it. If we want growth, we must accept that regulations cannot be used to solve every societal problem, says Gordon Adams To misquote Sir Humphrey, the English planning system has the engine of a lawn mower and the brakes [...]

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