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Stuart Andrew Excerpts

Monday 25th November 2013 Commons Chamber

[Brandon Lewis]

This is something that we are looking at, and I am happy to keep the hon. Gentleman up to date with progress.

[Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con)]

My constituents are rightly concerned about opportunistic developers. Does my hon. Friend agree that if a local authority’s core strategy has passed its examination hearings and its site allocations process is out to consultation, at this advanced stage it would fly in the face of localism for a planning application to be approved at appeal?

[Nick Boles]

After a local plan in draft form has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for examination, it is clear in planning guidance that the policies in it can carry weight in decisions on applications that come forward.