POS Response to Natural England's draft Soil Policy

EXTRACT FROM LETTER TO NATURAL ENGLAND

Dear Ms Lenaghan

Thank you for inviting the Planning Officers Society to comment on Natural England's Draft Policy on Soil and this letter is the response on behalf of the Society.

The Planning Officers Society represents the most senior professionals and managers of planning functions in the English Local Authorities. We set out to:

• Act as an advocate and promoter of Local Government planning
• Assist and advise the Government and the Local Government Association on planning matters andrelated issues
• Act as a centre of excellence, undertake research and promote best practice in planning matters
• Promote all aspects of the built and green environment by working closely with other organisations and profession

The Society's aim is to ensure that planning makes a major contribution to achieving sustainable developments, from national to local level, in ways, which are fair and equitable and achieve the social economic and environmental aspirations of all sectors of the community.

The consultation document invites responses to two questions. These are dealt with in turn below. First, however, we would make some general comments.

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