I am signing as an individual but I am part of several local groups including our residents association currently seeking a Judicial Review of a planning decision on grounds which I can see include obstructing 1 and 2 of this charter. I am sure we will be looking at whether the RA should sign-up as well.

What is happening at the moment is ill thought out and certainly not up for the needs of people living in a community and that allows us to tackle climate change. The system appears broken. I don’t understand what is driving it.

This removal of local democratic accountability is an entirely retograde move against the interests of communities.

I strongly oppose the removal of the local democratic element.

Having read the White Paper I feel really angry at the removal of powers and participation from the local level. I’m glad to sign this charter

Planning rules are so important to a community, to control the environment we want to live in. This should be a community decision, not developers and Whitehall.