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Planning Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Judd (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Planning Bill.
I thank my noble friend for her generous remarks. Her very full response is characteristic of her commitment to taking us all on board. While the argument about democratically elected bodies being in the Bill is strong—a part of me of course responds to that—we do have a problem. The Government give specific responsibility to the park authorities to have the powers of planning for the area for which they are responsible. It may be that local authorities in the area of the national parks do not see things quite in the same way as the people who have been given the authority for doing the planning in that area. There is a gap. How does one get a full, thorough and proper consultation if the people who have been given the responsibility are not enabled, as of right, to put their arguments before those who are drawing up the national plans?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
704 c653 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Legislation
Planning Bill 2007-08
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