{"id":4847,"date":"2012-10-05T16:36:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=4847"},"modified":"2012-10-05T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T17:37:12","slug":"lib-dem-minister-planning-reforms-not-a-done-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4847","title":{"rendered":"Lib Dem minister: Planning reforms &#8216;not a done deal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Communities minister Don Foster has said that recently-announced proposals to streamline the planning system are &#8216;not a done deal&#8217; as Liberal Democrat members backed an emergency motion opposing the measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lib Dem delegates at their autumn conference in Brighton have called for the Government to scrap relaxed planning regulations around home extensions.<\/p>\n<p>Increasing the size of planning permission-free extensions to 26ft is a high-profile Government effort to stimulate the construction industry. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has declared himself &#8216;surprised&#8217; at the lack of support among local authorities and has made it clear that councils who opt out of relaxed regulations could be sued for compensation by local residents.<\/p>\n<p>Local councillors from across the country rose to speak against the reforms. Catharine Smart, a delegate from Cambridge, asked \u2018what planet these people are on\u2019. Others argued that the Government should listen to local councils; \u2018the little people who know what [they are] doing\u2019. Concerns were raised about \u2018ugly\u2019 extensions damaging the local environment or creating tensions between neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>Many Tory councils have already voiced their opposition, with flagship borough Richmond-on-Thames leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>However, conservation areas will continue to operate under the existing planning permission framework.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RTPI News<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtpi.org.uk\/briefing-room\/news-releases\/2012\/september\/rt-hon-don-foster-mp-defends-planners-at-rtpi-fringe\/\" target=\"_blank\">LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Search Planning Resource<\/span>: <a href=\" http:\/\/www.planningresource.co.uk\/planningdaily\/gated\/1151942\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Heritage Alliance<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theheritagealliance.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">LINK <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communities minister Don Foster has said that recently-announced proposals to streamline the planning system are &#8216;not a done deal&#8217; as Liberal Democrat members backed an emergency motion opposing the measures. Lib Dem delegates at their autumn conference in Brighton have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4847\">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-4847","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\/4847","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=4847"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4860,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions\/4860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}