Jim Cunningham
Main Page: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)(9 years, 10 months ago)
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Brandon Lewis
I congratulate my hon. Friend’s community on going forward with a neighbourhood plan. He is absolutely right. Local authorities should move forward to get them to the referendum stage as quickly as possible—the average at the moment is just two months. I hope that his community will benefit from that as well.
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab)
The Government have made very much of localism, particularly community planning. Why, then, has the Minister held up the Gateway project in Coventry? Why cannot we have a decision?
Brandon Lewis
I am sure the hon. Gentleman appreciates that every planning decision that comes through the Department is taken on its own merits. Obviously I cannot comment on a particular application as it is going through its process.