CPRE and Town and Country Planning Association give evidence

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• Select Committee on the National Policy for the Built Environment

Witnesses

The evidence sessions take place on Thursday 29 October in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster.

At 10.10am:

• Hugh Ellis, Head of Policy, Town and Country Planning Association
• Paul Miner, Planning Campaign Manager, Campaign to Protect Rural England

At 11.15am:

• Noel Farrar, President, Landscape Institute
• Iain Taylor, Director of Business Development, Land Trust

Potential areas of discussion

In the first session the Committee will focus on how the National Planning Policy Framework could be reformed to improve its effectiveness, whether the country's pressing housing need can be met by brownfield development alone and whether there should be Green Belt policy reform to relieve growth pressures on London and other cities.

In the second session questions will touch on the role green infrastructure should have on the planning process, how government departments and other policy makers can work together more effectively to deliver resilient built environments and what impact the pressure for higher-density developments in urban areas is having on the provision of green spaces.

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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