Does he mean arable land or development land for houses? Time will tell:
Daily Archives: 8 Jun 2014
Updates on national planning regulations
There have been some disturbing tweaks, but there is news of some funding for community building projects, and a petition is in progress. Details in this extract from an e-mail from a group belonging to Community Voice on Planning (CoVoP) , of which EDA is also a member (see LINKS).
‘…the Government has now decided to remove the zero carbon targets for housing projects below 50 houses. Although the intent is to make things easier for small building companies, there is nothing to prevent larger building companies putting in applications in tranches to benefit from the legislation.
The Government has also amended its regulations to allow developers to renege on requirements for affordable housing on the grounds of financial viability. We are concerned that this will mean no affordable housing. The link to the relevant article is contained below:
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/05/developers-able-demolish-affordable-housing-provision
On the 4th June 2014 three funding programmes, worth around £3 million, to support the development of new Community Land Trusts (CLTs) was launched in a House of Commons reception, see the link below:
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/development/boost-for-community-building-projects-across-england-and-wales/7004001.article
A new petition for amendment to the NPPF can be accessed via http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/59376. We urge you to sign this, please.
We would like to thank all those who responded to the review of the NPPF called for by the Committee for Communities and Local Government. Many of the concerns that we have been expressing for so long were echoed by organisations such as CPRE, the National Trust, Royal Society for Town and Country Planners and so on.
Regards
Jenny Unsworth
Vice Chairman
Protect Congleton – Civic Society http://protectcongleton.co.uk/
East Devon Watch 