Utility Week reports on John Penrose MP’s reaction to the findings that huge profit margins being claimed by Distribution Network Operators are adding £20.00 to household energy bills… High electricity network profits ‘adding £20 to household bills’ Distribution network operators (DNOs) are making profits “beyond most companies’ wildest dreams”, the…
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Weston’s MP John Penrose has intervened in the West of England Joint Spatial Plan (JSP), with support from a cross-party group of local Councillors representing rural villages. In a letter submitted to the JSP, John welcomes the commitment to ‘Build Up Not Out’ in central Weston, and for a Banwell Bypass, but opposes proposals for 2 new towns – which he says are misleadingly being called ‘Garden Villages’ – near…
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The following is a copy of the letter John Penrose MP sent into the Joint Spatial Plan Consultation: I am writing to respond to the Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) published by the four West of England Councils – Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. There’s…
Read MoreThe government should have the power to levy council tax on building sites straight after a developer gets planning permission, a former Cabinet Office minister has suggested, claiming that it would help to speed up the supply of new homes. John Penrose, a Conservative MP and co-chairman of the all-party…
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