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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Sets out recommendations to simplifying the planning and consents environment. The review was set up to identify whether getting non-planning consents delays or discourages investment.
Supersedes Penfold review of non-planning consents - interim report (BIS, 2010). Related to the following documents: Government response to the Penfold review of non-planning consents (BIS, 2010); Progress update on implementation of the Penfold review of non-planning consents; and Implementation of the Penfold review (both BIS, 2011).
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