Government Planning Reforms and Burwash Parish Council’s response

Updated 10 Nov 2020

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government recently issued three consultations on reform of the planning system. The consultation deadlines have now come to an end.
The Parish Council has looked at each Consultation in detail and formulated a response.

Click on each consultation link below to find out more.

The White Paper: Planning for the Future
Deadline for comments was 29th October 2020
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future

See the Parish Council’s response to The White Paper: Planning for the Future

Transparency and Competition a Call for Evidence on Data on Land Control
Deadline for comments was 30th October 2020
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transparency-and-competition-a-call-for-evidence-on-data-on-land-control

See the Parish Council’s response to Transparency and Competition a Call for Evidence on Data on Land Control

Changes to the current planning system
Deadline was 1st October
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-current-planning-system

See the Parish Council’s response to Changes to the current planning system.

The Parish Council has made a formal response on behalf of the Parish to consultations which have been submitted separately via NALC (National Association of Local Councils) and the answers have also been entered directly into the online Government Survey. If you would like to see the Parish Council’s response please click on the link under each heading above. These have also been copied to MP Huw Merriman.

A combined working party made up of local Parish Councils, including Burwash and the local pressure group Save Our Fields is also looking at ways to respond to these consultations by approaching MPs and other ways to get the public’s opinion heard. If you would like to look at what Save Our Fields is doing then please visit their separate website. They have also created a micro site which makes it easy for you to locate and contact your local MP.