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Martin Vickers

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Monday 24th January 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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Yes, and let me consider it.

Martin Vickers Portrait Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)
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T7. Barton upon Humber, a market town in my constituency, is, like many up and down the country, having to contend with many residential planning applications. Public services such as school places and dentistry are unable to cope with existing pressures. Will Ministers consider strengthening the guidance to planning authorities and to planning inspectors to ensure that the availability of public services is paramount in dealing with those applications?

Christopher Pincher Portrait Christopher Pincher
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Again, I am obliged to my hon. Friend for his question. I will certainly consider the specific points he makes, but that is exactly what we want to do. Through the planning reforms we envisage, we want to ensure that developer contributions are made much more quickly in the process so that the sort of infrastructure he talks about is provided, and to ensure that greater land capture value is collected to ensure that those services can be provided to a greater extent.

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