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Review Of Planning Law

EDM number 1354 in 2007-08, proposed by George Galloway on 21/04/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Planning.

That this House notes that planning decisions need to take account of the commercial and housing needs of an area and balance these against environmental factors and the heritage of that area; believes that the current planning laws, far from making it too difficult to secure planning permission, weight the process too much in favour of the planning applicant by limiting the amount of notice provided to people who will be affected by the application and giving the applicant a right of appeal not provided to objectors; considers that elected representatives should be allowed to raise objections to planning applications on behalf of constituents; and believes that the law needs to be urgently reviewed in the light of these considerations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Galloway21/04/2008Bethnal Green and BowRespectProposed
Bob Russell21/04/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Philip Davies22/04/2008ShipleyConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink22/04/2008Castle PointUKIPSeconded
Robert Wareing22/04/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins22/04/2008Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock22/04/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis23/04/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Leech23/04/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen23/04/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell23/04/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Burgon23/04/2008ElmetLabourSigned
Paul Holmes23/04/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew24/04/2008StroudLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell24/04/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt24/04/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine25/04/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable28/04/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson29/04/2008StrangfordDUPSigned
John McDonnell29/04/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins30/04/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington01/05/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Dai Davies08/05/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned

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