Organisations
44 organisations have signed up to show their support
Sustain: the alliance for better food and farmingOctober 14, 2020, 3:54 pm
Sustain believes the planning system should be responsive to communities that want to shape the place they live to bring about sustainable local food systems. Places where policy makers, growers, food retailers, food businesses and consumers work in partnership will be healthy communities. Communities should have a voice not only at the policy stage but also in responding to details of a specific proposal to ensure all impacts have been taken into account and all possible opportunities have been identified. Food partnerships can bring a wealth of expertise to decision making. For more information on our position regarding the proposed planning reforms, please see: https://www.sustainweb.org/news/oct20-planning-for-the-future/
Shipley Town CouncilOctober 13, 2020, 4:54 pm
The Town & Country Planning AssociationOctober 12, 2020, 1:54 pm
Planning Aid WalesOctober 12, 2020, 11:07 am
Car-Free NorwichOctober 9, 2020, 4:42 pm
Southwark Law CentreOctober 8, 2020, 2:51 pm
Planning Aid for LondonOctober 8, 2020, 11:36 am
A planning system in which all communities can meaningfully participate is an essential aspect of a democratic society.
Climate Action Leicester and LeicestershireOctober 7, 2020, 7:12 pm
Steady State ManchesterOctober 7, 2020, 11:43 am
We support a "presumption against development". That does not mean no development should happen but rather that the onus should be on the proposer to demonstrate that the development is needed and also has no more than a neutral environmental impact.
Chorlton Voice (Civic Society)October 6, 2020, 12:04 pm
It is people in communities who know the area best and if developers worked with them we would get better development.
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