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Sam Bowman's comments on the UK's planning system feature in City AM

Deputy Director Sam Bowman's comments on the UK's planning system and housing crisis have featured in City AM:

Another suspected constraint on building is the planning system.

“The biggest supply constraints are to do with the planning system – both within London and around it. Constraints within London include density and height restrictions, and are administered at the borough level; constraints around London are primarily caused by laws that protect the Green Belt from development,” said Sam Bowman, deputy director of the Adam Smith Institute.

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