Housing: New Developments Debate
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Baroness Whitaker
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Housing: New Developments
Baroness Whitaker Excerpts(3 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My Lords, it is not just involvement in the local plan that happens every five years but producing the design codes. But, importantly, communities will have a say in detailed aspects of planning applications.
Baroness Whitaker (Lab)
My Lords, I declare an interest as an honorary fellow of the RIBA. People, if consulted, often prefer smaller and lower-rise developments. What steps will Her Majesty’s Government take to promote such developments and secure public approval of ecological measures to reduce carbon emissions from them?
Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My Lords, the drive for development does need to take into account the need for sustainable development. Planning will take on board a zonal approach, with some of the positives of the existing system, and will divide areas into growth areas, renewal areas and protected areas.