Establishment Of Independent Local Planning Appeals Committees

EDM number 748 in 2009-10, proposed by Paul Burstow on 28/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Planning.

That this House believes that the current arrangements for determining appeals against the refusal of planning permission by local authorities places too much power in the hands of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Planning Inspectorate; further believes the Planning Inspectorate to be remote and its Inspectors not sufficiently aware of the local conditions when determining appeals; congratulates the London Borough of Sutton Council for applying to use powers under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 to pilot the establishment of an independent local appeals committee to discharge the function of the Planning Inspectorate; and calls on the Government to approve Sutton's application.

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Burstow	28/01/2010	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tom Brake	28/01/2010	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Philip Davies	29/01/2010	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	29/01/2010	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	01/02/2010	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John McDonnell	01/02/2010	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Mark Hunter	02/02/2010	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	02/02/2010	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
David Drew	02/02/2010	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	02/02/2010	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/02/2010	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	03/02/2010	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	03/02/2010	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	03/02/2010	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/02/2010	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/02/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	04/02/2010	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	04/02/2010	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/02/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/02/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	08/02/2010	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/02/2010	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	22/02/2010	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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