Gove’s commitment to brownfield continues to signal positive shift in government thinking on planning, says CPRE

Responding to the housing secretary’s address to the Conservative Party Conference, Tom Fyans, deputy chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said:

‘The new housing secretary’s commitment to building more homes on brownfield further signals the mood music on the government’s planning proposals has changed genre – and that our countryside and green spaces are now in safer hands since the reshuffle. Campaigning against the reckless and untested changes to planning has clearly had major impact. We hope this ushers in an age of positive changes to our planning system. We look forward to working with the government, local CPREs and rural communities to turn the housing secretary’s words into actions for people and nature.’