Restoring the Bonds of Trust: A speech to the British Bankers' Association
I'm grateful for the opportunity to speak to you today about how banking and financial services can be restored in their reputation as an industry upon which Britain can depend and of which we will be proud. The financial services industry is of fundamental importance to this country, not only to p...
Ministerial statement to the House of Commons on the National Planning Policy Framework
Mr Speaker I would like to make a statement about planning policy. I am delighted today to be publishing the National Planning Policy Framework and our response to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report of the 21 December 2011. Our reforms to planning policy have 3 fundamenta...
Civic leadership for strong cities: Speech at debate on elected mayors hosted by Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
I'm delighted to have this opportunity to speak alongside Lord Adonis and Lord Heseltine, who have done so much to galvanise the debate on the future of our cities. It's also an honour to share a stage with Mike Ward and Sir Peter, each of whom brings so much passion and intelligence to working for...
The power to prosper: A speech at the launch of Cities Outlook 2012
In 2005, humanity became a mostly urban species. For the first time in the history of the world, there were more people living in cities than outside of them. By 2050 it is projected that cities will account for three-quarters of the global population. It is therefore no exaggeration to say that cit...
Reforming planning for future generations
The French have an admirable phrase - "why make it complicated when you can make it simple?" That sentiment would not have found much favour with my predecessors. Last year when I began to rethink national planning policy, I asked for copies of the existing policy. It had to be carried into my offi...
Greg Clark's Foreword to National Planning Policy Framework
The purpose of planning is to help achieve sustainable development. Sustainable means ensuring that better lives for ourselves don't mean worse lives for future generations. Development means growth. We must accommodate the new ways by which we will earn our living in a competitive world. We must ...
A new settlement for planning: A speech to the Royal Town Planning Institute
It's a striking fact that the people gathered together in this room will, collectively, have a greater impact on the way Britain will live during the decades ahead than almost any gathering of people of a similar size anywhere in the UK. The way our cities, towns and villages will look. How amenab...
Sustainable development through local empowerment: The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Annual Lecture
It's a privilege to be here today and to follow in the illustrious footsteps of those who have given this lecture in the past. The spirit of the CPRE is people's sense of connection to the place where they live. By and large people live where they do by choice, and they love where they live. They u...
Pro-localism and pro-development: A speech to the Adam Smith Institute
All nations are shaped by geography and history. America is founded on an idea of limitless freedom and space. Historically, if you disagreed with someone, you could head West. The answer to conflict about access to limited resources was the wagon train. In this country, the answer was the orderly ...
The opportunity of neighbourhood planning: A speech to the Planning Officers Society
Planning is more than a job: it is a vocation. It helps people articulate their aspirations and ambitions for the place where they live. It promotes local prosperity, safeguards the environment, and expresses the unique character that makes different places special. This is a unique and incredibly v...
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