Could we solve the care crisis with a tweak to planning rules?

Planning permission is one of those unfathomable bits of the council, where new levels of bureaucracy are formed every day and new forms are printed hourly. But the government has said it will cut through the red tape in the hope that it will stimulate the economy.

A planning free-for-all is on the cards if the coalition has its way. Under the new plans the size of extensions allowed without permissions would be doubled to 20 feet for terraced houses and 26 feet for detached properties.
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