National Planning Policy Framework

David Nuttall Excerpts

Tuesday 27th March 2012 Commons Chamber

[Greg Clark]

Yes, it has indeed survived, as have green infrastructure corridors that connect places.

[Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)]

One aspect of the present planning process that particularly annoys my constituents is when they see the decisions of their locally elected councillors on the planning committee being regularly overturned by planning inspectors. How will the new policy make that less likely?

[Greg Clark]

It will do so by enshrining the local plan as the key decision-making document. Getting rid of the regional strategies and the 1,000-plus pages of national guidance will make it clearer than ever that decisions taken in accordance with the local plan will prevail.