Article by Tony Diver and published on The Telegraph. Giving local residents a vote on building works on their street would resolve the gridlock between Robert Jenrick and Conservative backbenchers over the planning bill, MPs have said. The Government has been forced to water down its landmark planning bill, which…
‘This gives people a chance to say, look, we don’t think that our councils moving fast enough.’ As house prices soar and demand remains sky high with supply not growing anywhere near quickly enough, John says he has a plan to fix it.
Today a group of MPs led by John Penrose MP and Bob Blackman MP will sponsor a ‘Presentation Bill’ to allow the Secretary of State to enact secondary legislation empowering local communities to vote on their own housing design and density rules. The proposals would allow trials of community-led solutions…
I’m writing to make a submission about investment to improve capacity on the M5 between J21 and J20. Although Covid has temporarily masked the problem over the past year or so, the peak commuter road traffic between Weston and Bristol grows year on year and makes current (already unacceptable) jams around Junction…