{"id":4498,"date":"2012-07-27T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=4498"},"modified":"2012-07-27T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T17:16:16","slug":"bill-to-protect-englands-local-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4498","title":{"rendered":"Bill to protect England\u2019s local shops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Commons has given the first reading to a Bill drawn up by Cambridge MP Dr Julian Huppert which aims to help England\u2019s local communities protect their shops and pubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Lib-Dem MP told the Commons that his measure &#8211; the Local Services (Planning) Bill &#8211; would \u2018tweak planning law\u2019 to rebalance the playing field in their favour.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Technically, it would allow the use of locally determined use classes to separate local independent shops from chains, and supermarkets from other grocers, as well as placing new constraints on changing use away from pubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Critically, it would be up to the local council to use the measure if it wished to do so. Every area is different, and no council would be forced to use it if it was not appropriate for its area,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Read the Commons Hansard report (10 July 2012: Column 184) at<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publications.parliament.uk\/pa\/cm201213\/cmhansrd\/cm120710\/debtext\/120710-0001.htm#12071071000001 \" target=\"_blank\">LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Search Planning Portal<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/general\/news\/stories\/2012\/july12\/110712\/120712_6\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commons has given the first reading to a Bill drawn up by Cambridge MP Dr Julian Huppert which aims to help England\u2019s local communities protect their shops and pubs. The Lib-Dem MP told the Commons that his measure &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4498\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4498","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\/4498","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4499,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498\/revisions\/4499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}