Members of a parliamentary committee have urged the Government to modify the Localism Bill to include a new obligation on local planning authorities to work on an agreed approach to larger-than-local planning across neighbouring authorities. MPs on the Commons Communities and Local Government Committee recommended this should be specified in national policy. They also called on ministers to amend the legislation to spell out what actions local authorities should take in respect of their new duty to cooperate. These recommendations were highlighted in a report which said the intended abolition of regional strategies had left a vacuum which risked having profound social, economic and environmental consequences. Planning Minister Bob Neill said: “Under the Coalition Government’s reforms, councils now have a clear financial incentive to build from the New Homes Bonus.” Download a copy of the report from the Parliament website.
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