"In fact, we have recently issued new general planning guidance, and that generates activity at the staff level."

The county council does feel comfortable about the compliance of its alteration with national planning guidance.

As far as regional planning guidance is concerned, there is none.

We believe the presumption is an important part of the new planning guidance.

Progress is being made towards establishing regional planning guidance in all the regions.

We hope that regional planning guidance for all the north, which is currently in hand, will be finalised by June 1992.

They had very little freedom to change regional planning guidance that was handed down from on high.

Again we raised the question of enforcing planning guidance.

He also suggested that the 'brown-field first' rule would be written back into the final version of the planning guidance.

It will be a great way of beating the system and getting over regional planning guidance".