GREEN BELT PROTECTION

Early day motion 168, tabled 8 June 2010 by Chris Skidmore (Conservative). Signed by 14 members.

That this House notes that regional spatial strategies removed green belt protection and caused environmental harm; believes that it was right for the Government to announce its early intention to abolish regional spatial strategies and to return decision-making powers on housing and planning to local authorities; welcomes the Government's clarification that local planning authorities and the Planning Inspectorate must have regard to this emerging policy as a material consideration in any planning decisions they are undertaking; and calls on the Government to bring forward primary legislation abolishing regional housing targets outright as quickly as possible.

Signatures by party: Conservative 7, Liberal Democrat 5, Labour 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.