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Analysis: transport plays second fiddle in the housing debate

Peter Headicar
26 May 2017
 

Rival policies on ways to address the national housing shortage are at the top of the political agenda just at the moment but concern for the travel implications of where new housing might be built seems to be close to an all-time low. When was the last time you heard ‘sustainable development’ gracing the airwaves?

According to the National Planning Policy Framework, planning authorities are supposed to “minimise the need to travel” and “maximise the use of...

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