Telegraph: Giving residents vote on whether new development could take place and what it looks like could resolve planning bill deadlock

By on September 14, 2021 in Build Up Not Out, Local Campaigns, Low Cost Britain, National Campaigns, Press Cuttings, Regenerating Weston, UK Productivity & Growth

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…

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YIMBY ALLIANCE: John Penrose and Bob Blackman set to put forward Bill that would empower local communities to vote on their own housing design and density rules.

By on September 13, 2021 in Build Up Not Out, Local Campaigns, Low Cost Britain, National Campaigns, Press Cuttings, Regenerating Weston, UK Productivity & Growth

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…

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Telegraph: Anti-corruption tsar warns new subsidy rules risk cronyism

By on August 24, 2021 in Anti-Corruption, Best Brexit, Low Cost Britain, National Campaigns, UK Productivity & Growth

Article written by Tim Wallace and originally published on The Telegraph Online. John Penrose MP and campaign groups said grants of more than £500 should be made public – rather than only those above £500,000 as planned The Government risks distorting the economy and encouraging cronyism unless it opens up its…

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