{"id":34340,"date":"2022-09-17T16:04:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34340"},"modified":"2022-09-16T17:32:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T16:32:34","slug":"truss-says-new-housing-secretary-will-look-at-curtailing-pins-powers-to-overrule-councils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34340","title":{"rendered":"Truss says new housing secretary will look at curtailing PINS powers to &#8216;overrule&#8217; councils"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34341\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Liz_Truss_PM_2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The new Prime Minister is \u2018expecting\u2019 her new housing secretary to look at curtailing the powers of the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) as it is \u2018too easy\u2019 for the body to overrule local authorities.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026\u2018Local councils have no role if they cannot protect what matters\u2026\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Construction News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The new prime minister will consider curtailing the powers of the Planning Inspectorate amid concerns that it is \u2018too easy\u2019for the body to overturn councils\u2019 decisions.<\/p>\n<p>In her first Prime Minister\u2019s Questions\u2026 Liz Truss was asked why the inspectorate had the power to overrule environmental safeguards put in place by local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill this prime minister look at why the Planning Inspectorate is able to overturn councils\u2019 planned protections for green lungs?\u201d asked Sir Peter Bottomley, Conservative MP for Worthing West.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Peter cited the long-running dispute over plans to build 475 homes in the Goring Gap near the South Downs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal councils have no role if they cannot protect what matters most to them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the question, Truss agreed\u2026. \u201cThere is not enough power in local hands at the moment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is too easy for local councils to be overruled by the Planning Inspectorate, and that is certainly an issue that I expect my secretary of state\u2026 to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The review of the body\u2019s powers comes amid increased criticism over the time required to challenge planning decisions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/government\/truss-moots-overhaul-of-planning-inspectorate-08-09-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Prime Minister is \u2018expecting\u2019 her new housing secretary to look at curtailing the powers of the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) as it is \u2018too easy\u2019 for the body to overrule local authorities. image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34342,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34340\/revisions\/34342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}