All power to the nimbys
Posted on November 10, 2009
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Yesterday saw the announcement of the country’s first national policy statements. Once finalised, these will guide the decisions of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) on new developments, starting with energy infrastructure such as nuclear plants, large wind farms and pylons. The system is designed to ensure that major planning decisions are taken quickly. It is, as Julian Glover says, “centralist and commanding”. And because that may raise hackles, it is being sold as a means of tackling the climate crisis.
Some of the IPC’s decisions may indeed help tackle climate change. But rather more of them are likely to contribute to the problem. In any case, it is important to remember that this new system was conceived by Digby Jones of the CBI and Gordon Brown, when chancellor, to make it much easier to build new roads, airports, shopping centres, power stations and other money spinners, without pesky democratic planning processes slowing things down.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/nov/10/nimbys-planning-environment
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