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Debate between Matthew Pennycook and Josh Newbury
Monday 2nd December 2024

(3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matthew Pennycook Portrait Matthew Pennycook
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We want to put in place a planning system that is geared towards meeting housing need in full. That is a clear difference between us and the Conservative party. In bringing forward its local plan and looking at development, every local area should look first at densification—that is, what it can do on brownfield land. It should only have to review green-belt land if it cannot meet the needs in that way or via cross-boundary strategic planning.

Josh Newbury Portrait Josh Newbury (Cannock Chase) (Lab)
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Last week, my local council announced the proposed closure of the much-loved Prince of Wales theatre in Cannock. Despite the council’s financial pressures, local people do not want that theatre to become collateral damage. Will the Minister meet me to see what could be done to explore community ownership and give our theatre the bright future that thousands of my constituents want to see?