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

Richard SimpsonOctober 27, 2020, 11:24 am
This change to the Planning rules threatens to destroy the democratic process and to undermine all the hard work that has gone into creating Neighbourhood Plans. Local opinion and support is crucial to fair and democratic government. The proposed changes do nothing but pander to developers and central government.
Paul SlaterOctober 27, 2020, 11:08 am
It is vitally important that planning serves a purpose of ensuring that we live in decent, well planned areas that are sustainable. It is equally important that members of the public can have input into the planning system, and be able to comment upon and influence, the decisions on planning applications.
Frances MorrisOctober 27, 2020, 10:46 am
Mark MorrisOctober 27, 2020, 10:10 am
Steve ShackletonOctober 26, 2020, 4:36 pm
Susan FieldOctober 26, 2020, 4:34 pm
Pam Warhurst CBEOctober 26, 2020, 2:03 pm
If not now, when? This is such an important document for the times we are living in and the times yet to come. How we frame our lives, invest in our communities, shape our society are the big ticket issues of the 21st century and planning lies at the heart of all of them. Would that that was the case for the last quarter of the 20th century, but we are where we are, and where we are is increasing numbers saying, not on our watch, any more. For too long planning decisions have been seen as nothing much to do with us, unless it’s our conservatory that’s on the agenda. But that myth has got to be punctured once and for all. What’s in the pipeline if we don’t stand up and be counted on the changes around planning that are being proposed has absolutely nothing to do with conservatories and everything to do with decent homes for people everywhere ; green spaces for all of us to benefit from; shops and schools and doctors near to where we live; a society created with respect for the many not the few. I’d even go beyond what’s in the charter. I’d invest in a citizens rights to benefit from the public realm in their neighbourhoods in ways that we only see happening in times of war. I’d invest in programmes that built up peoples knowledge and self confidence so that instead of reactors to the suggestions of others, they contribute their own solutions to what’s happening in and around their communities. I’d trust people to be more innovative and radical in times of need than any top down regime could ever hope to be. We face a decade that will define our children’s future. How we behave, engage, and invest our resources will determine whether the aspirations of increasing numbers in our society to create a kinder, more inclusive prosperity are realised or not. And an inclusive prosperity needs an inclusive planning system that puts the wellbeing of the many right at its core. Nothing is written in our stars. This is the time to say, what’s being proposed simply will not do.
Libby HarrisOctober 26, 2020, 10:29 am
Jim McCallumOctober 26, 2020, 9:51 am
Alistair HanaganOctober 26, 2020, 9:48 am
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.