Recent work from the Campaign to Protect Rural England highlights that the public needs a greater role in planning decisions to ensure that their environmental and developmental interests in relation to society are met. The main argument is that, for Government to reform the planning system while ensuring environmental protection their focus must be on the assets of the landscape, and the aspirations of members of the public who are impacted by it and who use the space.

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