“It’s all about simplifying, rationalising and integrating.”
The Penfold Review of non-planning consents (July 2010) focused on the many and overlapping regulatory frameworks, and quickly identified heritage, transport and environmental permitting as key issues. Today, the implementation of the Penfold Review (BIS 2011) is at the heart of reform and integration.
Taryn Nixon, MD of MOLA, and Mark Sanderson, Heritage Planning Consultant at MOLA, went to meet with Adrian Penfold to hear about the drivers for the review, and what he thinks about some of the latest changes. Read on for more about new Development Consent Orders and a call for a braver approach to piloting new approaches…
