This report outlines how the planning system could support land-based social enterprises to use land for the common good. Planning should support land-based enterprises to contribute towards sustainable development. These organisations can create jobs, produce the things people need, and improve landscapes and natural capital. Currently, there are not enough ways that the planning system and common good land users in the UK can achieve this. This report is an attempt to show how this can change.
Planning for the Common Good: Adapting the planning system for common good land use, 2017