David Page: Labour’s centralist planning policies are flawed

David Page: Labour’s centralist planning policies are flawed

Cllr David Page represents the Market Harborough West & Foxton Division on Leicestershire County Council. Britain’s planning system is no longer meaningfully local. Labour’s reforms risk confirming what is already happening: power is shifting steadily from communities to the centre, without delivering the homes promised in return. Local Plans are meant to provide a clear, democratically accountable framework for development: where growth should …