Written Question
Friday 24th July 2020
Asked by:
James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the legal status of a neighbourhood plan that has reached referendum stage but the vote has not taken place due to covid-19 social distancing rules; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
The delay to referendums will be frustrating for communities that have dedicated significant time and effort to the neighbourhood planning process and naturally want their plans to come into force as soon as possible. With this in mind, Government planning guidance ( https://www.gov.uk/guidance/neighbourhood-planning--2#covid-19 ) was updated in May to set out that neighbourhood plans awaiting referendums can be given significant weight in decision-making.
Written Question
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Monday 20th July 2020
Asked by:
James Cartlidge (Conservative - South Suffolk)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
What steps he is taking to reform the planning system in England.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Our seven-decade old planning system is in need of an overhaul, and we will shortly be publishing a planning Policy Paper in the summer setting out our proposals for comprehensive reform.
These reforms will deliver more high-quality, well-designed homes, and beautiful and greener communities for people to live in.
Alongside this we continue to create new planning freedoms to support the high street and create new homes – including new Permitted Development Rights and Use Class Order reform.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Mar 2020
Housing and Planning
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on his speech on this important subject. I very much admire and agree with what he has previously said on urban regeneration. Does he agree that, at its best, urban regeneration provides not only more new supply, but better supply for existing tenants and leaseholders, …..."James Cartlidge - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Leaseholders and Cladding
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on his passion for his constituents. Some constituents of mine own a leasehold property in that block in Ipswich. Is it not incredible that the cladding that my hon. Friend refers to is far more dangerous than the cladding used on Grenfell Tower?..."James Cartlidge - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Jan 2020
Homelessness
"There is a real danger with political point scoring on this, particularly in venerating the previous Labour Government. In May 1997, the average home in England was worth £62,000. Ten years later, it was £188,000—a threefold increase. This is an affordability problem at root. No one is in denial about …..."James Cartlidge - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Jan 2020
Homelessness
"It is a pleasure a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne). He spoke with great passion, which I share and I am sure the whole House shares. We want to end homelessness. It is a shared goal.
I draw the House’s attention to …..."James Cartlidge - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Jan 2020
Homelessness
"That is a very fair point, but the Government are, of course, looking at it, and we await further details. None the less, it is a perfectly valid point. I was simply arguing that, ultimately, the best thing that can happen to those tenants in that position is for them …..."James Cartlidge - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"15. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s support for high streets. ..."James Cartlidge - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"Speaking to traditional retailers during the election campaign, it is clear that future business rates is a massive issue for them. There is, in particular, a sense that there is not a level playing field between them and the increasingly dominant and massive digital retailers. Will the review of business …..."James Cartlidge - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
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