National Planning Policy Framework Debate

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National Planning Policy Framework

Martin Horwood Excerpts
Tuesday 27th March 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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It is indeed a beautiful city and we have worked closely with English Heritage, which has said that it is content with the arrangements we have put in place.

Martin Horwood Portrait Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD)
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May I welcome what sounds like a significantly greener planning framework than the original draft, although we have yet to read the new one? One of the good things in the original draft was the designation of local green spaces, which are important not just to wildlife and the landscape, but to local communities. Has that designation survived and been weakened or strengthened, or been retained?

Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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Yes, it has indeed survived, as have green infrastructure corridors that connect places.