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Martin Vickers

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Oil Spill: Poole Harbour
Monday 27th March 2023

(1 year, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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Yes, that’s the plan.

Martin Vickers Portrait Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)
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In response to an earlier question, the Secretary of State said how important locally-led planning policies were, but frequently the Planning Inspectorate drives a coach and horses through decisions made by local planning authorities, as was recently the case in the village of Wootton, in my constituency. What is he going to do to ensure that the Planning Inspectorate takes more notice of local opinion, expressed through local councils?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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Our changes to the national planning policy framework are designed to do exactly that. I talked to the new chief executive of the Planning Inspectorate earlier last week to reinforce the point that my hon. Friend has consistently made on behalf of his constituents in Cleethorpes.

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