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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework

Inquiry by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, 27 March 2014 to 26 March 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 9 June 2014: Richard Blyth, Head of Policy and Practice, Royal Town Planning Institute, David Henry, Chair, UK Planning Policy Panel, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and Councillor Tony Newman, Local Government Association; Councillor Gillian Brown, Planning Lead, District Councils’ Network, Councillor Ken Browse, Chairman, National Association of Local Councils, and Mike Kiely, Chair of the Board, Planning Officers Society
  • 16 June 2014: Dame Kate Barker DBE, Author of 2004 Review of Housing Supply and 2006 Review of Land Use Planning, Dr Hugh Ellis, Head of Policy, Town and Country Planning Association, Sir Terry Farrell CBE, Architect and Leader of 2014 Review of Architecture and the Built Environment, Dame Helen Ghosh DCB, Director-General, National Trust, Liz Peace CBE, Chief Executive, British Property Federation, and Andrew Whitaker, Planning Director, Home Builders Federation.
  • 23 June 2014: Richard Barnes, Senior Conservation Manager, Woodland Trust, and Simon Marsh MBE, Head of Planning Policy, RSPB
  • 7 July 2014: Councillor Gerald Dee, Gloucester City Council, Councillor Steve Jordan, Leader, Cheltenham Borough Council, Councillor Robert Vines, Leader, Tewkesbury Borough Council, Ian Bickerton, Cheltenham Alliance, Lisa Belfield, CPRE Gloucestershire, and Kim Bedford, Chief Officer, Gloucestershire Association of Parish and Town Councils
  • 9 July 2014: Chris Carr, Chair, Federation of Master Builders, Rachel Fisher, Head of Policy, National Housing Federation, and David Gladman, Partner, Gladman Developments
  • 14 July 2014: James Lowman, Chief Executive, Association of Convenience Stores, Ian Anderson, Chairman of Planning Committee, BCSC, Stephen Wright, Principal Planning Lawyer, John Lewis Partnership, Jane Smith, Planning Adviser, Energy UK, David Cox, Head of Development in England, RES, Gemma Grimes, Director of Onshore Renewables, RenewableUK
  • 21 July 2014: Freddie Gick, Chair, Civic Voice, Ruth Reed, Chair, Planning Expert Advisory Group, RIBA, David Waterhouse, Head of Strategy, Design Council, Ian Achurch, Board Secretary, Planning, Regeneration and Housing Board, Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT), Phil Crabtree, Chief Planning Officer, Leeds City Council, Stephen Joseph, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport
  • 8 September 2014: Neil Sinden, Director of Policy and Campaigns, Campaign to Protect Rural England, and Nicola Walker, Director of Business Environment, Confederation of British Industry
  • 10 September 2014: Councillor Matthew Barber, Leader, Vale of White Horse District Council, Councillor James Murray, Executive Member for Housing and Development, London Borough of Islington, and Councillor Hazel Simmons, Leader, Luton Borough Council.
  • 15 October 2014: Simon Ridley, Chief Executive, Planning Inspectorate, Ben Linscott, Acting Chief Planning Inspector, Planning Inspectorate, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities, and previously Minister of State for Planning and Decentralisation 2010-12, and Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning
  • 21 October 2014: Kris Hopkins MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government