Opinion: Time for a better planning policy

Last Wednesday at 5.30am, I sprung enthusiastically from my bed with a heart as blithe and limbs as light as those of a dairy farmer. I was heading to Manchester, a four-hour journey, for the Co-op’s Farming Conference. There isn’t usually a lot of call for Matthew Naylor in the north-west of England; it was only the second time in my life I’ve been to Manchester. I chose a scenic route across the Pennines, put on BBC Radio 3 and […]