Planning White Paper and Communities

Early day motion 1002, tabled 12 October 2020 by Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 14 members.

That this House condemns the deeply problematic Planning White Paper published by Her Majesty's Government; recognises that the proposed legislation will push for a top-down planning approach, leave the problem of land banking unresolved, and risk environmental standards being lowered; notes the importance of pushing for developers to build homes that have already been approved which are more accessible to the most vulnerable in our society; and therefore urges the Government to build at least 100,000 homes for social rent each year, while increasing overall house building to 300,000 a year, substantially help finance the large increase in the building of social homes, build new houses to zero-carbon standards, and devolve full control of Right to Buy to local councils.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 9, Labour 2, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.