The Planning system MUST listen to the local community whom have a real vested interest in the areas where they live. It’s called Community and that is the strength that binds people together. Covid has shown how important our Green Spaces and Greenbelt are to communities. Handing over power to corrupt Council Officials MPs and developers is a joke.

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!