Posted 08.09.16
Measures in the new Neighbourhood Planning Bill aim to support more house building and provide more local say over developments.
The Bill will speed up and strengthen the neighbourhood planning process by simplifying how plans can be revised as local circumstances change and ensure that plans come into force sooner once approved by local people.
There will also be a simplifying of the compulsory purchase order process to make it clearer, fairer and faster. Compulsory purchase should always used as a last resort but can be essential in delivering big and complex schemes.
The process can be unnecessarily uncertain and complex. Measures in the Bill will clarify the process which is currently based on a patchwork of statute and case law and make the system fairer for all parties.
Further Bill measures will ensure that planning conditions which require developers to take action before work starts are only used where strictly necessary. However, in a way that ensures important heritage and environmental safeguards remain in place, so that once a developer has planning permission they can get on and start building as soon as possible.
Click here for progress of the Neighbourhood Planning Bill 2016-17.
