<b>Planners have been left in the frontline of the government&amp;’s anti-car policy and the result is confusion. It&amp;’s about time we looked again at parking requirements in new developments</b><br><b>Isn&amp;’t it about time we got some consistency in the government&amp;’s approach to motor vehicles? What I refer to is the use of planning policy to try to restrict the use of cars, when almost every other policy designed to achieve the same end has long since been abandoned. This leaves the housebuilding industry providing our customers with a product which does not meet their real requirements, as well as having other adverse consequences. </b><br><b><b></b><br><b> rio resolve</b></b><br>I suppose back in the early 1990s, in the first flush of environmental enthusiasm, after the Rio conference and the endless media coverage of green issues, most us felt that &amp;“we&amp;”, meaning of course the government, should do something about the seemingly inexorable rise in motor traffic. After all we could all observe the ever more crowded roads, and those who suffered from asthma or bronchitis could recognise the pollution problem. <p></p><p> The trouble is that most people&amp;’s feelings applied to other people&amp;’s cars and not their own. </p><p> The government of the day, as it …