The department said all its planning functions are carried out in complete accord with the Land Development Law and States approved planning policies.

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Otherwise there will be no chance of the many reforms required outside the forestry sector: in land-use planning and rural development, in agriculture, energy and infrastructure policies, and much else.

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The company currently holds land in Fife and Clackmannanshire with planning permission for development, but the business has only one completed house in Lochgelly for sale.

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He urged planning authorities to release more land capable of supporting immediate development.

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The base is on Crown land and that means planning permission does not have to follow the normal procedure for any development on the site.

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If the land was registered as a town green under planning legislation, it would block any future development at Ashton Vale - including the proposed stadium.

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Leading the debate on 6 July 2011, Antoinette Sandbach AM called for a change to the planning systems and for communities to have a stake in the economic and social development of land.

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Normally the Secretary of State, Eric Pickles, is the star turn, but this time we can expect some pointed questions to the new Planning Minister, Nick Boles, about possible moves to allow more development on green belt land.

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