SEE: Regeneration: 4.A7B
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- 4A.7B: Government influencing rates of development
- The government can influence rate and type of development, which affects economic regeneration
- Planning laws
- From 1948, the gov controlled aspects of development through a plan-led system
- From 2010, the gov's national planning framework has focussed on stimulating economic growth
- Gov can do a cost-benefit analysis
- House building targets and housing affordibility
- Rising population, divorce rate, and overseas investors taking up housing means there is a demand for housing
- Gov have a long history of being involved in housing supply e.g. Labour fostered social housing, Thatcher introduced Right to Buy scheme
- Demand for social housing in Cornwall grew by 40% between 2010-2011
- Permission for fracking
- Department for Energy and Climate Change can give permission for fracking
- Could provide energy security, reducing need for imported gas
- Is controversial environmentally, and also debates about how land should be used e.g. for housing instead
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