Guardian: More development should be allowed in national parks to stop villages within them becoming museum pieces, a Tory planning minister has suggested.
Speaking to MPs, Nick Boles said there was a danger of some rural communities in protected areas becoming “embalmed” if they were not allowed to grow.
He said he was considering allowing more development in national parks because they should be more than just a wilderness.
The minister’s comments are the latest signal that the coalition is becoming…

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