Written evidence to be reported to the House
Planning Bill
11:00 am
John Cridland: Business has waited a very long time for this style of reform. Indeed, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 did not give us the major changes in relation to national planning that we were looking for. We believe that the principle of national policy statements and the principle of an independent commission dealing with that small number of very major infrastructure developments is the right way forward.