Parliamentary consideration of the Government’s Localism Bill has now reached the specific planning clauses of the legislation which is making progress as MPs debate the proposed measure clause by clause.
To date there have been no major upsets or significant changes to the Bill. MPs have been discussing the wording of an amendment proposed by the Royal Town Planning Institute over strategic planning and the ‘Duty to Cooperate’.
MPs will later be considering an amendment from two Lib-Dem MPs on the bill committee which would introduce a limited ‘third party right of appeal’.
The right would be limited to local councillors, parish councils and neighbourhood forums and would only kick in when the application went against the council’s planning policies.
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