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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)New clause 16 is relatively straightforward. It addresses an issue that arose from talking to Conservative and other councillors up and down the country in areas where rogue…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I welcome the commitment my hon. Friend has just made to carrying on the conversation. I accept the complexity, in a system that looks at individual cases, of bringing in a more…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 17 Community right of appeal “(1) The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is amended as follows.…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause gets to the heart of a frustration for many communities, be it Maids Moreton in my constituency, Ickford or…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I absolutely hear what my hon. Friend says about due process for landowners who wish to develop their land. I am not in any way, shape or form seeking to take any of that away…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)There is clearly a game afoot, whereby many developers up and down the land acquire planning permission, but do not build out what they have received planning permission for. I…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I welcome that commitment. I stand ready to carry on the conversation; therefore, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn.18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause is in a similar vein to many of the others that I have tabled, although it looks at the controls for planning…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. There have been so many Committee sittings in which I have said very few words, but it seems that this afternoon is my time…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I very much welcome the Minister’s commitments. She is absolutely right in outlining the various schemes to support brownfield development. I guess the thought I will leave her…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)New clauses 25 and 26 are quite important to free up for good use properties that may have fallen into disrepair or been unoccupied for a long time. I am sure that we could all…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause goes to the heart of an issue very close to my constituents, who have seen a great number of trees…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)With this clause I have a very simple proposition, although I state from the outset that I absolutely hate virtual meetings. We all tolerated them throughout the pandemic, but I…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)This should be relatively straightforward, given the commitments that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister made in the leadership election during the summer. I believe that she…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)The self-styled millennial Minister makes the commitment. Asking for slightly more time seems reasonable to me. However, if we are to be true to localism, I would double-underline…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause is pertinent to my local authority in Buckinghamshire, and I am sure that many local authorities up and down…18 Oct 2022