On the day of budget 2012 the (possibly) revised National Planning Policy Framework designed to cut red tape and bureaucracy enabling development to progress and underpin economic recovery is rumoured to be unveiled.

One cannot deny that the archaic planning system existing in England is not fit for purpose. With well over a 1000 pages it incorporates a plethora of issues and referral to directives and guidelines that confuse many. The decision by the Department of Local Government…