Green Belt Protection

EDM number 168 in 2010-12, proposed by Chris Skidmore on 08/06/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Countryside, Housing supply and Planning.

That this House notes that regional spatial strategies removed green belt protection and caused environmental harm; believes that it was right for the Government to announce its early intention to abolish regional spatial strategies and to return decision-making powers on housing and planning to local authorities; welcomes the Government's clarification that local planning authorities and the Planning Inspectorate must have regard to this emerging policy as a material consideration in any planning decisions they are undertaking; and calls on the Government to bring forward primary legislation abolishing regional housing targets outright as quickly as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.