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Planning system holds back rural growth

Housing is critical to closing productivity gap between rural and urban areas but the planning system is holding back new developments

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Planning system holds back rural growth

Housing is critical to closing productivity gap between rural and urban areas but the planning system is holding back new developments Time delays, unnecessary additional costs and unrealistic demands...

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