VoteClimate: Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visit... - 25th February 2025

Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visit... - 25th February 2025

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visit....

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-02-25/debates/9a8a7706-f21b-4b09-9a2a-86e38bfe870d/DraftTownAndCountryPlanning(FeesForApplicationsDeemedApplicationsRequestsAndSiteVisits)(England)(AmendmentAndTransitionalProvision)Regulations2025

09:36 Gideon Amos (Liberal Democrat)

Taken together, those measures would help to address the need for better services for our local communities and our councils. Planning officers and councils are not blockers; they are the problem-solvers. If we are to have housing that is genuinely affordable and net zero, delivering biodiversity net gain, we need planning officers in place and councils to be supported. That is especially so at a time when the social care crisis is putting pressure on local councils. Funding is rightly being diverted for frontline care operations.

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