Tomorrow, Thursday the 29th of October at 11:45pm, is the deadline for public responses to the Government’s controversial to say the least, Planning White Paper.
Read it in full at this link here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future
And respond to the survey and make your comments via this link here:
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/MHCLG-Planning-for-the-Future/
Or email in your own words here:
planningforthefuture@communities.gov.uk
Yes, it is very long, but we cannot state enough the importance of responding; because this is set to be the biggest shake-up of planning policy in England since the 1940s , and will essentially fast track developments and leave both residents and local authorities with far less input and scrutiny.
We are also concerned that this could put some of our localities that are not in conservation areas, our social housing (especially blocks and estates owned by housing associations – likely in our view to be redeveloped to provide so-called “affordable” housing instead of for social rent) , green spaces and play areas at risk, as well as compromising the wellbeing of many of our residents.
Our local planning system is not perfect – indeed far from it, but THINK are deeply concerned about some of the proposed measures bypassing local democracy and that our communities will lose what little say we have in which developments get approved.
It hasn’t been nicknamed the “Developer’s Charter” for nothing….
We have already responded and will be sharing our responses on this blog.
The response from the London Tenants Federation can be foumd here:
Planning for the Future: London Tenants Federation Draft Consultation Response
We strongly urge all our readers who are residemts here in England who to set aside an hour of your time to read the White Paper and respond.
Have your say while you still can
Here, just to give an indication as to how serious this is, are a few things from the consultation paper that we have highlighted:
THis Is North Kensington 