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Government's land use framework to go out for consultation by the end of the year

The chair of Labour's Climate and Environment Forum Baroness Young said she hoped the ‘multi-functional' land use framework would be operationally ‘sustainable'

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
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Government's land use framework to go out for consultation by the end of the year

The long-awaited land use framework is set to go out for consultation this November, according to Baroness Barbara Young. Speaking at the Labour Party Conference earlier this week, the chair of Labour's...

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