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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Brownfield development has 'social and economic benefits'  A "brownfield first" approach to planning will not only protect the environment, but also deliver social and economic benefits, the British Property Federation (BPF) has said. Addressing MPs investigating the government's proposals on contaminated land and planning, the property industry body argued it was imperative to make use of brownfield sites. Last week at a separate Environmental Audit Committee, the BPF said it was "morally right" to build on brownfield land. Now it has gone one stage further and argues that protecting greenbelt land will bring social and economic benefits, too. "Agglomeration - where people and businesses are focused in a particular area - has long been cited as being beneficial to the economy and society," explained BPF director of policy Ian Fletcher. The BPF warned, however, that the success of the brownfield first policy over the last two decades relied partly on financial support from central government. This includes Land Remediation Relief, a tax break designed to help recycle previously developed sites, which the Treasury recently consulted on removing. According to the BPF, it would be a "mistake" to remove financial incentives such as this. It comes as the government puts forward for consultation proposals to give communities greater say over the kind of development work that takes place in their areas. Posted by Alex McLean 
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