{"id":12823,"date":"2016-05-24T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=12823"},"modified":"2016-05-24T15:05:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:05:58","slug":"queens-speech-promises-neighbourhood-planning-and-infrastructure-bill-1m-homes-while-protecting-the-green-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=12823","title":{"rendered":"Queen\u2019s speech promises Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill\u2026 &#038; 1m homes while protecting the Green Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-one new bills have been announced in the Queen\u2019s Speech, on 18 May, including legislation to help simplify planning rules and support the government\u2019s ambition to \u2018deliver one million new homes, whilst protecting those areas that we value most including the Green Belt\u2019, with a \u2018Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill\u2019 that will \u2018reform planning and give local communities more power and control to\u00a0shape their own area so that we build more houses and give everyone who works hard the chance to buy their own home.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Among the Bill\u2019s main elements include framing Planning Conditions as followings (pp.19-20):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To ensure that pre-commencement planning conditions are only imposed by local planning authorities where they are absolutely necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Excessive pre-commencement planning conditions can slow down or stop the construction of homes after they have been given planning permission.<\/li>\n<li>The new legislation would tackle the overuse, and in some cases, misuse of certain planning conditions, and thereby ensure that development, including new housing, can get underway without unnecessary delay.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Planning Portal writes:<\/p>\n<p>The government this week promised a neighbourhood planning and infrastructure bill, one of 21 in the upcoming legislative programme set out in Wednesday\u2019s Queen\u2019s Speech.<\/p>\n<p>This bill will support the government\u2019s ambition to \u2018deliver one million new homes, whilst protecting those areas that we value most including the Green Belt\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Promised measures include moves to strengthen neighbourhood planning and action to tackle the use (and over-use) of planning conditions.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theheritagealliance.org.uk\/Queens_Speech_2016\">THA briefing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planningportal.co.uk\/news\/article\/297\/queen_s_speech_promises_a_neighbourhood_planning_and_infrastructure_bill\">Read more<\/a> at Planning Portal<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/524040\/Queen_s_Speech_2016_background_notes_.pdf\">the speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/queens-speech-2016\">the transcript<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-one new bills have been announced in the Queen\u2019s Speech, on 18 May, including legislation to help simplify planning rules and support the government\u2019s ambition to \u2018deliver one million new homes, whilst protecting those areas that we value most including &hellip; 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