My understanding is that they cannot do that unless it is a major application. Of course, in rural areas the majority of applications are not major ones because they are for fewer than 10 houses. That puts rural areas at a significant disadvantage because they cannot undertake that.
Neighbourhood Planning Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Parminter
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 31 January 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Neighbourhood Planning Bill.
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