Three-quarters of councillors believe the planning system is too weighted in favour of developers at the expense of local communities, a survey has found.
A poll of 1,200 councillors by the LGiU think-tank and National Trust, published ahead of next week’s housing white paper, also found that half of councillors claimed that ‘sites that are not in line with the local plan are being approved for new housing’.
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