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Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024)
Document: (PDF)

Found: The Councils’ Joint Development Control Committee on 22 March 2023 unanimously endorsed the ‘minded

Westminster Hall
Transport Infrastructure: Devon and Somerset - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) We live with them, not just as MPs, but as constituents and members of district councils. - Speech Link
2: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) Friend is that anyone who has ever worked as a parish, district or county councillor, as a Member of - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) We will engage councils about those options as reform progresses. - Speech Link
2: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) When Liberal Democrat councils fail to do that, we will call them out. - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) The fund is open to community groups, charities, and town and parish councils. - Speech Link
4: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) John Cryer), the community ownership fund is open to charities, to community groups and to town and parish - Speech Link

Written Question
Parish and Town Councils: Council Tax
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the restraint of council tax precepts set by (a) town and (b) parish councils.

Answered by Simon Hoare - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Precept levels are decided by individual town and parish councils and the Government has been clear that proposed increases should be well evidenced and justified. The Government expects the sector to take all available steps to mitigate the need for council tax increases and will take into account councils’ decisions when considering future action.

Westminster Hall
Large-scale Solar Farms - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) farms in my constituency have been welcomed by local communities, because the developers have spoken to parish - Speech Link
2: Karen Bradley (Con - Staffordshire Moorlands) that the Government need to pause the granting of all applications of this variety and urge district councils - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) nationally significant infrastructure projects, instead of them being determined locally by our district councils - Speech Link

Select Committee
Submissions on the Town and Country Planning (Former RAF Airfield Wethersfield) (Accommodation for Asylum-Seekers etc.) Special Development Order 2024 and the Town and Country Planning (Former RAF Scampton) (Accommodation for Asylum-Seekers etc.) Special Development Order 2024, and government response

Scrutiny evidence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: Council under the Local Government Act 1972), which comprises representatives of 13 parish councils

Select Committee
Correspondence from the Minister of State, Department for Transport relating to rail services and Infrastructure, dated 26 March 2024

Correspondence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: MP (Sarah Green MP), Buckinghamshire Council, Chiltern Area of Natural Beauty Review Group, local Parish

Select Committee
Correspondence from the Executive Chair, HS2 Ltd relating to road safety audits, 29 March 2024

Correspondence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)

Found: 24 Environmental Considerations 75 25 Stakeholders 77 25.1 Key Stakeholders - County, Local & Parish

Select Committee
Morecambe Town Council
 HSC0048 - High streets in towns and small cities

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Inquiry: High streets in towns and small cities
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Built Environment Committee

Found: Other than adopting a condescending or dismissive attitude towards local parish and town councils, elected

Select Committee
National Association of Local Councils
 HSC0045 - High streets in towns and small cities

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Inquiry: High streets in towns and small cities
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Built Environment Committee

Found: HSC0045 - High streets in towns and small cities National Association of Local Councils Written Evidence