Town and Country Planning in the UK

Town and country planning has never been more important to the UK, nor more prominent in national debate. Planning generates great controversy: whether it's spending 80m and four years' inquiry into Heathrow's Terminal 5, or the 200 proposed wind turbines in the Shetland Isles. On a smaller scale telecoms masts, take-aways, house extensions, and even fences are often the cause of local conflict.