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Posted by David Snell on 27th February 2009

Since 2005 most new planning consents have lasted for just 3 years. Now, in the crunch, with many developers putting projects on hold, it means that many permissions are having to be renewed. So there’s a clamour for LA’s to bring back the old 5 year consents; something that they already have to power to do.

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