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Land use Framework: Calum Gillhespy - "Land use Framework is horrendously convoluted, inefficient and a missed opportunity"

Calum Gillhespy, head of planning and development at GSC Grays says the Framework is in many ways very good, yet intrinsically, undeliverable and when you step back and look at how they plan to achieve their aims, it seems horrendously convoluted and inefficient

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Calum Gillhespy, GSC Grays
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Calum Gillhespy, GSC Grays

The Land Use Framework for England (the Framework) runs to 2050 and sets out the Government's assessment of the current land uses in England. The Framework is in many ways very good, yet intrinsically,...

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