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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Comprises a progress update on the implementation of the Penfold review of non-planning consents. The review was set up to identify whether getting non-planning consents delays or discourages investment.
Related to the following documents: Penfold review of non-planning consents - final report; Government response to the Penfold review of non-planning consents (both BIS, 2010); and Implementation of the Penfold review (BIS, 2011).
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