Signatures

Organisations

44 organisations have signed up to show their support

Save Greater Manchesters GreenbeltOctober 27, 2020, 7:01 pm
We are a regional umbrella group campaigning to save green belt and green space across Greater Manchester. The White Paper Planning for the Future (PftF) moves away from planning based on evidence and is not fit for purpose, it puts the interests of landowners and developers before the community and is an end to community participation and the promise of a democratic planning system.
Friends of Carrington MossOctober 27, 2020, 5:42 pm
Thank you for developing this People’s Charter. It is much needed. It is time our collective voices are heard. If a Climate Emergency has been declared by a public body, it should not be able to be ignored. All planning applications should have consideration of the CE at the heart of the proposals. Citizens should be a key stakeholder in every planning application – not an afterthought. Citizens’ Advocates should be appointed to ensure the focus is on what citizens need – not on developer profits! In addition, communities should have the same right of access to public funds to raise challenges as Local Authorities do! As things stand, we have to raise money through donations, this is not the case for Local Authorities or Developers.
Brighton and Hove Clarion Cycling ClubOctober 26, 2020, 9:57 am
Transport Action NetworkOctober 22, 2020, 6:14 pm
Fews Lane ConsortiumOctober 22, 2020, 10:05 am
The planning system in England is predicated upon democratic accountability—accountability that be maintained, and indeed strengthened, in any changes to the planning process.
National Federation of Parks and Green SpacesOctober 21, 2020, 3:44 pm
We are the umbrella organisation for the movement of over 7,000 local Friends of Parks Groups throughout the UK, all of whom are entitled to have a real say over anything which affects their local public green space or local community
Aylestone Park Residents GroupOctober 20, 2020, 10:45 am
It will erode what little rights we have under the current planning process.
Rights: Community: ActionOctober 19, 2020, 12:02 pm
Our planning system is under threat. Planning matters because it gives us rights and powers over what happens in our communities. Given the public health and climate change crises, now is the time to make sure we have a system that works for the public interest.
Leicester Friends of the EarthOctober 18, 2020, 4:47 pm
Sheffield Friends of the EarthOctober 16, 2020, 8:04 pm
It is so important that we preserve local democratic control over planning decisions and ensure that environmental issues have key priority

Individuals

363 individuals have signed up to show their support

Zoe SherlockOctober 27, 2020, 6:38 pm
Anne KeighleyOctober 27, 2020, 6:27 pm
Please stop this planning de regulation now!
Tara ParryOctober 27, 2020, 5:55 pm
Elizabeth KayOctober 27, 2020, 4:46 pm
Wendy HodkinsonOctober 27, 2020, 4:34 pm
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.
John ParishOctober 27, 2020, 4:10 pm
Clearly covering a lot of countryside in bricks and mortar is something that is being caused by the ever increasing population. However very little thought is going into this process and nature is on the run and being eradicated. Most planning application of any size does allow a 3min slot for a resident in the area effected to have his or her say. Then it is totally ignored so democracy has no say when Government ,Planners and Developers get their heads together. The situation is dire and very depressing.
Emma FranklinOctober 27, 2020, 4:00 pm
Communities and local voices should be heard before any developers
Edwina EvansOctober 27, 2020, 3:55 pm
People must be allowed to have a say at what is built in their areas. The number of people on housing waiting list grows longer by the day and there is an immediate need for more social housing to be built not less. Shared ownership is not an option for a vast number of the population and never will be . Building has to be appropriate for the area it is being built in and the infrastructure there to support it. Not building for the sake of building and having roads gridlocked, hospitals and doctors surgeries unable to cope with the demand. Not to mention the ecological impact. We need now more than ever to look after the biodiversity we have and encourage it rather than destroying it. For the sake of future generations.
Conrad BowerOctober 27, 2020, 3:25 pm
Marianne SibbornOctober 27, 2020, 1:15 pm