While reading up on the response of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) I came across this quotation that is particularly pertinent to the current state of the economy, planning climate and the challenges faced by rural communities:
“It is a matter for serious thought that at periods of financial stress it is always beauty that is sacrificed upon the altar of expediency.”
Sir Patrick Abercrombie, co-founder of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England.
Sir Patrick Abercrombie seems a fascinating character, however there isn’t much information about him available on-line, I’d love to find some more sources of information, quotations etc…
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