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To tackle climate change Labour must rebuild the planning system – not ‘bulldoze’ it

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par Gareth Fearn, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester

The UK’s planning system is the primary means by which the public decides how land is used. These decisions will be paramount for addressing the climate crisis; after all, land can store carbon that would otherwise heat the atmosphere and host renewable energy installations that can replace fossil fuels.

Unfortunately, planning departments, as extensions of local government, are also among the most depleted by austerity.

Local government funding fell by nearly 50%…

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