Government backs plans to reform building planning rules

5 September 2011 Last updated at 11:02 ET Help

Planning rules in England need to change if the economy is to recover, Chancellor George Osborne has said.

Simplifying the planning rules would help boost house-building and businesses, according to ministers.

But critics say England's countryside will be put under threat if the changes go ahead.

Jon Kay reports from Wiltshire.

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