The Angel Awards: Lord Lloyd-Webber warns countryside and heritage at risk from lack of funding and uncontrolled planning - Telegraph

The Angel Awards: Lord Lloyd-Webber warns countryside and heritage at risk from lack of funding and uncontrolled planning - Telegraph

He said the countryside was in danger of becoming a victim to the same uncontrolled planning which has ruined southern Ireland “one of the most beautiful countries on Earth”.

“The English Countryside is pretty much at saturation point now in development terms. If you want a reasonable tourism you have to have something for tourists to see – to attract them. They are not going to want to to see a whole load of semi-detached buildings or bungalows – which is what you get in Ireland,” he said.

The Government is currently considering reforms to the planning system that many believe will make it easier to build on the countryside.

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF would introduce a presumption in favour of “sustainable development” and remove the presumption that ‘brown field sites’ should be built on first.