Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jeremy Hunt (Conservative), on Wednesday, 23 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 57 members in total.

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HOUSEBUILDING AND LOCAL DEMOCRACY

That this House notes that the Government's building plans seriously threaten the character of the towns and countryside in the South East whilst doing little to help young people get on to the housing ladder; notes that the current proposals are likely to lead to unacceptable overdevelopment in the South East, further straining local services in an area already suffering from a substantial infrastructure deficit; urges the Government to review the remit of the Planning Inspectorate to ensure it gives a higher priority to local objections to planning proposals; and further calls on the Government to devolve the final decision on both planning applications and development policy to elected local authorities rather than the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister or regional assemblies.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1100 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Adam Afriyie

Lord Herbert of South Downs

Anne Milton

Lord Gove

Grant Shapps

Subjects

Construction Housing Planning

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk