National Infrastructure Projects (Local Development)
Debate between Andy Slaughter and Roberta Blackman-Woods(9 years, 9 months ago)
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab)
My hon. Friend is making a powerful case on behalf of his constituents. Have local residents been involved in any way in drawing up a master plan, including neighbourhood plans, for the area concerned?
Mr Slaughter
No. Indeed, there was some resistance in the previous Conservative council even to granting neighbourhood plan status for residents in the adjacent area. I will come in a moment to what residents are doing, but they have hit a brick wall in dealing with the Mayor’s office thus far.