In previously unreported plans, the Government is to downgrade protection on old buildings and those in conservation areas in order to "benefit developers" and "reduce the number of applications for planning permission rejected on heritage grounds." The professional body representing town planners today launches an unprecedented attack on the proposal as "fundamentally flawed", "unfit for purpose" and a potential "charter for people who want to knock buildings down." The president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has also attacked the plans and experts estimated that tens of thousands of listed and heritage properties could be knocked down as a result of the proposed change.
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