Individuals

I strongly believe that, if implemented, the proposals in the Government's Planning White Paper, 2020 will lead to: - Even more poor quality housing - especially for low income people. - Little assurance of the provision of affordable housing. - Even less democracy in the planning system than there is already. - An accelerating erosion of green spaces, green belts and open countryside. Property developers already have far too much power over the fate of open space in this country as it is. Under the existing system, local communities already face an uphill struggle when objecting to inappropriate developments. To propose to hand developers even more power is an outrage!

Please stop this planning de regulation now!

It seems to me that this is a massive power grab by central government to control us by removing local democratic processes that are now in place. What then about the Local Plans that in some cases have taken years to carefully develop? There are serious concerns here about the lack of importance attached to the local ecology and attempts to protect local wildlife. The one solution to fit all denies people participation in decisions that will affect them now and in the future. In the headlong rush to build houses this government is forgetting that they need to be appropriate, sustainable, affordable and decent to live in for the community they are build for.