Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 23 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

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SOUTH WEST REGIONAL SPATIAL STRATEGY (No. 2)

That this House has no confidence in a South West Regional Spatial Strategy that allows the prioritisation of greenfield over brownfield sites, that is based on outdated projections of both housing market and economic growth, that takes no account of purpose built accommodation for students, that does not recognise the environmental constraints on development and has in effect simply implemented national policies and ignored widespread local opposition from across the region and from all parties and none and from parishes to parliament; notes that hon. Members have had no opportunity to debate specific details of the Strategy with Ministers or in regional select committees and were denied speaking rights at the formal examination of the strategy in public; further notes the specific threat to long-established Green Belt surrounding Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Bath, Bournemouth and Poole; further notes that while Ministers have repeatedly claimed that it is for local authorities to take the lead on the implementation of the Strategy, in practice they are powerless to stop developers already applying to develop greenfield sites and citing the site-specific maps in the Strategy in their defence; and calls on the Government to abandon the South West Regional Spatial Strategy or to urgently revise it to reflect democratically expressed local views, the environmental limits of development and the need to prioritise the development of brownfield sites before greenfield sites by reintroducing the sequential test.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

SOUTH WEST REGIONAL SPATIAL STRATEGY (No. 2) (2337A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Robert Key (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Wednesday, 29 October 2008. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

after `development', insert `including national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty, world heritage sites, sites of special scientific interest, candidate special areas of conservation under the Water Framework Directive and planning conservation areas'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2337 

2337A1 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Lord Foster of Bath

Annette Brooke

Steve Webb

Julia Goldsworthy

David Heath

Subjects

Construction Housing Environment protection Regional planning and development

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk