BBC News - House builders blame red tape for 12% drop in Wales during 2013: "Responding to the latest drop in housing registrations in Wales, Glyn Mabey, the regional chairman for Persimmon in Wales, blamed planning rules and the costs of regulation.
"What the fall in new registrations does highlight is the huge problem of getting planning applications approved in a timely manner and then excessive pre-start conditions which are delaying the physical build work actually commencing on site," he told BBC Wales.
The company is increasing the number of houses it is building this year, but he said it had to overcome the "hindrance of a negative planning system" that didn't encourage growth or help create jobs."
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