Planning?

Interesting to see what Jonathan Porritt makes of the new Planning White Paper. I hope he's right that NGO angst might be premature. UK currently seems to value quantitative rather than qualititative growth so highly I full agree with Porritt that the Air Transport white paper is laughable as a model of sustainable development proofing. Interesting also to see that he thinks the claim that large infrastructure projects are subject to planning delays is largely unsubstantiated. On this theme also the announced new targets for house building seem to me way out of line. How many would get into the hands of first time buyers rather than 'investors'?