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<p>Local Plans play a critical role in determining what development is appropriate
and where, and it is therefore essential that plan-making is as simple, quick and
accessible a process as possible. On 15 September, my hon. Friend, the Minister for
Housing and Planning (Brandon Lewis), announced that we have brought together a panel
of experts drawn from across the built-environment sector to help look at ways in
which we could radically improve plan-making in practice (see attached). The group
will consider all elements of plan-making from policy and procedural requirements
of plans to how plan-making is practically undertaken. Their work will conclude in
early 2016, after which I will set out to Parliament how we intend to proceed to reform
plan-making.</p>
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