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<p>DCMS worked closely with Communities and Local Government, industry and other interested
parties to design and implement in 2013 a significant and substantial package of planning
relaxations in England. The changes support the roll out of fixed line high-speed
broadband in protected areas*, and high-speed mobile broadband (4G) in protected and
unprotected areas by removing the need to seek planning permission for specified developments.
This year, joint working with Communities and Local Government has continued, together
with house builders and communications providers, to develop an action plan to ensure
that new developments have access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>*(National
Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, World Heritage Site, Norfolk and Suffolk
Broads and Conservation Areas but not Sites of Special Scientific Interest)</p>
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