Tuesday, December 11, 2012

United Kingdom: PM paves the way for greenfield building

Telegraph: The Prime Minister also backed the search for shale gas, which opponents claim could despoil large parts of the country. Mr Cameron insisted to MPs that more house-building and "fracking' to release shale gas were needed to provide for Britain's economic needs. He backed the argument of Nick Boles, the planning minister, for more building in the countryside. Mr Boles said nine per cent of England had been built on, and suggested it should be 12 per cent. Mr Cameron denied setting a target...

URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9738529/PM-paves-the-way-for-greenfield-building.html

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