Neighbourhood Planning Bill

Just before the Secretary of State responds, my patience with and tolerance of the extremely long...

My right hon. and learned Friend makes some very good points. The first part of his question was ...

Might the Secretary of State also consider amendments that focus on the sustainability of new hou...

The right hon. Gentleman will know that several initiatives are already in place to make sure tha...

The Bill contains some excellent provisions on neighbourhood planning, but neighbourhood plans ar...

My hon. Friend makes a good point about the lack of consistency in approach by neighbourhoods. So...

The introduction to the Bill says that one of its central aims is strengthening neighbourhood pla...

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Order. I have already made it clear that the first long intervention was not to be a precedent. T...

My right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) has spoken passionately about ...

Should the Bill become an Act, will there be any circumstances in which a local authority can ove...

The hon. Gentleman may be aware that for a neighbourhood plan to become effective it needs to be ...

I thank the Secretary of State for giving way. He will know that Bassetlaw has more local plans i...

The hon. Gentleman will know that once a neighbourhood plan is adopted, it becomes statutory and ...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for taking a short lawyer’s intervention. When he is cons...

My hon. Friend speaks with great experience on this subject, and it is something that I will cons...

Will my right hon. Friend ensure that the changes to pre-commencement regulations will not mean t...

I can assure my hon. Friend that the provisions will not mean that happens. Developers will still...

Before my right hon. Friend moves on, may I ask whether he will use this Bill to clarify an issue...

The Bill does not look at green-belt issues, and it does not change in any way the very important...

Before my right hon. Friend moves on, I was wondering whether he would mention the privatisation ...

As my hon. Friend has rightly identified, measures on the Land Registry are not part of the Bill,...

On the compulsory purchase clauses, what action have the Government taken adequately to consult w...

The hon. Lady will know that there has been widespread discussion, and we are still in discussion...

I would like to put on record my thanks to the Secretary of State for his warm welcome.

The...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I would rather not give way because many hon. Members want to speak and we are short of time.

Before being elected to the House, I ran a business that financed construction projects. I have t...

And newts!

And newts surveys. Such surveys can be done only at certain times of the year. That is a very one...

I am very interested in the hon. Gentleman’s previous employment, but people always complain abou...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will give way one more time, but we really must get on.

If the hon. Lady is not inclined necessarily to listen to the voice of developers, may I refer he...

I thank the Minister for his intervention but I would like to see real statistical evidence. Are ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am afraid I need to move on because many hon. Members wish to speak and the hour is late. [Inte...

I have to admit that I did not expect to be stirred by the statements of the shadow Secretary of ...

Order. I must congratulate the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) on a perfect...

Before I express my agreement with the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) on o...

The hon. Gentleman is speaking with great eloquence about local powers. Would he care to tell us ...

The hon. Gentleman ought to know that neighbourhood planning had its origins in the 2003 legislat...

Finding a way to build the new homes we need while ensuring that we safeguard our green spaces an...

Does my right hon. Friend also acknowledge that we need to conserve the ecology of such areas, es...

Hear, hear!

I warmly agree with my hon. Friend’s sentiment and commend his hedgehog campaign.

A number ...

I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the Neighbourhood Planning B...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes). I agreed w...

In each of our constituencies, we can think of examples of developments that, because of poor fin...

I agree that they are important. The best people to choose the quality of the materials, and to m...

It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr Bacon), who is a...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey). Since becoming a Me...

It is a pleasure to contribute to the debate and to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton W...

I am grateful to catch your eye, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to follow my hon. Friend the Member fo...

Does my hon. Friend agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin...

My hon. Friend has taken the words out of my mouth—I would do exactly that. We need to simplify n...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate because planning has certainly affected...

I already have.

Indeed. I extend to my hon. Friend a warm invitation to visit my constituency so that he can see ...

And Rodley.

Yes, Rodley. If I miss one out, I will be in real trouble.

I am trying to make the point th...

It is a pleasure to take part in this debate, and to welcome the Minister to his place. I will be...

It would speed it up.

It would certainly speed things along markedly.

The planning register is a sensible and use...

I am delighted that the Government are giving local people the opportunity to shape the future of...

It is a great pleasure to support the Second Reading of the Bill, and it is always a great pleasu...

I am pleased to be able to speak on Second Reading of the Bill, which I broadly welcome. I suppor...

In Northern Ireland we have a planning system that enables social housing to be set aside in each...

The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. That is something that my local authority in Stockp...

I welcome this Bill. The importance it places on neighbourhood plans validates the extremely hard...

I welcome my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon Central (Gavin Barwell...

Beneath the thatch and clay tiles, in the shady byways and cobbled marketplaces of North West Ham...

My hon. Friend makes a fine point. When he refers to broadband, is he talking about fibre to cabi...

My hon. Friend shows his customary ambition. I agree that we should make developers provide fibre...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire (Kit Malthouse), wh...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (A...

The hon. Gentleman has mentioned sustainable communities in the context of planning. Does he agre...

I definitely agree that there should be more community engagement. However, although many people ...

It is a delight and a pleasure to see the Minister for Housing and Planning, my hon. Friend the M...

I thank all Members—it was mostly Government Members—who have contributed to this debate. They di...

Would the hon. Lady support greater flexibility for each local authority to be able to set its ow...

Indeed. That was one of the amendments that I tabled to the Housing and Planning Bill when it was...

The hon. Lady gives the example of notice of materials. I can entirely see why that is a legitima...

That is a question that I would like the Minister to put to his constituents. People surrounding ...

The hon. Lady mentioned landscape. One of my SME developers was required to submit a landscape sc...

The problem is that we do not know why the local authority required that particular condition. It...

I recall that when I was knocking down and rebuilding a wall, for which I required planning permi...

Certainly not is the answer to that question—absolutely not.

In conclusion, we think that i...

This has been an excellent debate, with contributions from 18 colleagues on the Government Benche...

Does my hon. Friend think that there is at least a potential for the NPPF to be used as the refer...

I certainly do, and I think that there are ways we could look at addressing the issue, either thr...

The Minister mentioned green-belt de-designation, and I just wondered whether he had any thoughts...

Metropolitan open land is a status that is specific to Greater London, but it holds the same weig...

Are we going to intervene in the case of indolent councils that claim they have the right resourc...

The Government have signalled that we will intervene early in 2017, potentially, on councils that...