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Abolition of Regional Spatial Strategies: a Planning Vacuum? House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee Abolition of Regional Spatial Strategies: a planning vacuum? Second Report of Session 2010–11 Volume II Additional written evidence Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 28 February 2011 Published on 17 March 2011 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited The Communities and Local Government Committee The Communities and Local Government Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Communities and Local Government. Current membership Clive Betts MP (Labour, Sheffield South-East) (Chair) Heidi Alexander MP (Labour, Lewisham East) Bob Blackman MP (Conservative, Harrow East) Simon Danczuk MP Rochdale (Labour, Rochdale) Steve Rotheram MP (Labour, Liverpool Walton) Mike Freer MP (Conservative, Finchley and Golders Green) Stephen Gilbert MP (Liberal Democrat, St Austell and Newquay) David Heyes MP (Labour, Ashton under Lyne) George Hollingbery MP (Conservative, Meon Valley) James Morris MP (Conservative, Halesowen and Rowley Regis) Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative, Rugby) The following members were also members of the committee during the parliament: Clive Efford MP (Labour, Eltham) George Freeman MP (Conservative, Mid-Norfolk) Toby Perkins MP (Labour, Chesterfield) Chris Williamson MP (Labour, Derby North) Powers The committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk. Publication The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the internet at www.parliament.uk/parliament.uk/clg. A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is at the back of this volume. The Reports of the Committee, the formal minutes relating to that report, oral evidence taken and some or all written evidence are available in a printed volume. Additional written evidence may be published on the internet only. Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Huw Yardley (Clerk), Judith Boyce (Second Clerk), Josephine Willows (Inquiry Manager), Kevin Maddison (Committee Specialist), Emily Gregory (Senior Committee Assistant), Mandy Sullivan (Committee Assistant), Stewart McIlvenna, (Committee Support Assistant) and Hannah Pearce (Media Officer). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 1234; the Committee’s email address is [email protected] List of additional written evidence (published in Volume II on the Committee’s website www.parliament.uk/clgcom) 1 Dr Tim Leunig, LSE (ARSS 01) Ev w1 2 John Halstead (ARSS 02) Ev w2 3 National Plot Owners Association (ARSS 03) Ev w3 4 Lower Broadheath Parish Council (ARSS 04) Ev w4 5 Jim Parke (ARSS 05) Ev w5 6 Jim Parke (supplementary) (ARSS 05A) Ev w10 7 Steve Tremlett (ARSS 06) Ev w11 8 Paul Cheshire, LSE (ARSS 07) Ev w14 9 Blaby District Council (ARSS 08) Ev w18 10 Bedfordshire Councils Planning Consortium (ARSS 10) Ev w19 11 Mr & Mrs D Thorpe (ARSS 11) Ev w21 12 Tring Town Council (ARSS 12) Ev w22 13 Pentland Homes Ltd (ARSS 13) Ev w22 14 McCarthy & Stone (ARSS 14) Ev w23 15 Star Planning and Developement (ARSS 15) Ev w25 16 West Midlands Regional Sustainability Forum (ARSS 17) Ev w27 17 Dr Helen Chadwick (ARSS 18) Ev w28 18 Gazeley UK Ltd (ARSS 19) Ev w30 19 RIBA (ARSS 20) Ev w32 20 English Rural Action Ltd (ARSS 22) Ev w34 21 CBI Minerals Group (ARSS 23) Ev w36 22 Save Our Green Spaces (ARSS 24) Ev w37 23 SSE (ARSS 25) Ev w39 24 Robert Hitchins Limited (ARSS 26) Ev w41 25 The Community Law Partnership (ARSS 27) Ev w44 26 Community and Regional Planning Services (ARSS 28) Ev w46 27 Rail Freight Group (ARSS 29) Ev w50 28 ENPAA (ARSS 30) Ev w52 29 Janet Mackinnon MA (ARSS 31) Ev w54 30 Joseph Rowntree Foundation (ARSS 32) Ev w56 31 Whitchurch Village Action Group (ARSS 34) Ev w60 32 Association of Regional Observatories (ARSS 35) Ev w62 33 Mills & Reeve LLP (ARSS 37) Ev w63 34 Pegasus Planning Group Ltd (ARSS 38) Ev w65 35 Galliford Try (ARSS 39) Ev w70 36 Councillor Professor Alan Townsend (ARSS 40) Ev w72 37 Npower Renewables Ltd (ARSS 41) Ev w76 38 CPRE South East (ARSS 42) Ev w80 39 Crest Nicholson Plc (ARSS 43) Ev w84 40 Traveller Law Reform Project and Friends, Families and Travellers (ARSS 44) Ev w87 41 Hogan Lovells International LLp (ARSS 45) Ev w91 42 Finham Residents Association (ARSS 46) Ev w94 43 Cavendish Keymar (ARSS 47) Ev w95 44 E.ON (ARSS 49) Ev w98 45 Dr Angus Murdoch (ARSS 50) Ev w99 46 Oldham Common Save our Green Spaces (ARSS 51) Ev w103 47 South Wiltshire Agenda 21 (ARSS 52) Ev w104 48 North West Transport Roundtable (ARSS 53) Ev w107 49 Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (ARSS 54) Ev w108 50 The Gypsy Council (ARSS 55) Ev w112 51 Eric Avebury, Professor Thomas Acton OBE, Professor Alan Townsend, Andrew Ryder, Marc Willers (ARSS 56) Ev w116 52 Hallam Land Management Ltd (ARSS 57) Ev w117 53 Harborough District Council (ARSS 59) Ev w121 54 Graham Pearce, Aston University, and Sarah Ayres, Bristol University (ARSS 60) Ev w112 55 County Councils Network (ARSS 61) Ev w126 56 The Law Society (ARSS 63) Ev w127 57 Residential Landlords Association (ARSS 64) Ev w128 58 David Lock Associates (ARSS 66) Ev w131 59 Ashfield District Council (ARSS 67) Ev w135 60 House Builders Association (ARSS 69) Ev w139 61 Retirement Housing Group (ARSS 70) Ev w141 62 Building and Social Housing Foundation (ARSS 71) Ev w143 63 Freight on Rail (ARSS 72) Ev w147 64 Young Planners Thought Leadership Group (ARSS 73) Ev w150 65 Boyer Planning Ltd (ARSS 74) Ev w153 66 South Worcestershire local planning authorities (ARSS 75) Ev w156 67 Ropemaker Properties Ltd (ARSS 76 Ev w161 68 Ecotricity (ARSS 77) Ev w164 69 Anglian Water Services Ltd (ARSS 78) Ev w168 70 Devon County Council (ARSS 79) Ev w173 71 SJ Berwin LLP (ARSS 80) Ev w175 72 Covanta Energy (ARSS 82) Ev w178 73 Bristol Friends of the Earth (ARSS 83) Ev w181 74 Chris Skidmore MP (ARSS 84) Ev w184 75 Dundry Residents Action Group (DRAG) (ARSS 85) Ev w186 76 Land Use Consultants (ARSS 86) Ev w187 77 Leicestershire County Council Liberal Democrat Group (ARSS 87) Ev w191 78 Environmental Services Association (ARSS 88) Ev w194 79 British Property Federation (ARSS 90) Ev w196 80 Norfolk County Council and Norfolk County Strategic Services (ARSS 91) Ev w198 81 Staffordshire County Council (ARSS 92) Ev w200 82 Turley Associates (ARSS 93) Ev w202 83 North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) (ARSS 94) Ev w207 84 Leicestershire County Council (ARSS 95) Ev w208 85 Grundon Waste Management Ltd (ARSS 96) Ev w212 86 Construction Industry Council (ARSS 97) Ev w214 87 Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council, and Cambridgeshire County Council (ARSS 98) Ev w217 88 Denton Wilde Sapte (ARSS 100) Ev w220 89 Network Rail (ARSS 101) Ev w224 90 The Wildlife Trusts (ARSS 102) Ev w226 91 Alan Wenban-Smith (ARSS 103) Ev w228 92 Leckhampton Green Land Action Group (LEGLAG) (ARSS 104) Ev w232 93 Cumbria County Council (ARSS 106) Ev w233 94 Mineral Products Association (ARSS 107) Ev w237 95 Southern Water Services (ARSS 108) Ev w238 96 National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups (ARSS 109) Ev w239 97 ARUP (ARSS 110) Ev w240 98 Persimmon Homes (ARSS 112) Ev w246 99 Rushcliffe Borough Council (ARSS 113) Ev w249 100 English Heritage (ARSS 114) Ev w251 101 Legal and General Property (ARSS 115) Ev w251 102 Bloor Homes (ARSS 116) Ev w252 103 Essex County Council (ARSS 117) Ev w253 104 Levvel Ltd (ARSS 118) Ev w257 105 Cheshire Wildlife Trust, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, and The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside (ARSS 119) Ev w262 106 Housing Forum (ARSS 120) Ev w266 107 West Coast Energy (ARSS 121) Ev w268 108 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (ARSS 122) Ev w271 109 Merseytravel (ARSS 123) Ev w273 110 Barton Willmore (ARSS 124) Ev w278 111 London Gipsy and Traveller Unit (ARSS 125) Ev w282 112 College Development Company and Kennet Properties Limited (ARSS 126) Ev w285 113 Landscape Institute (ARSS 127) Ev w289 114 Professor Colin Jones (ARSS 128) Ev w293 115 The Theatres Trust (ARSS 130) Ev w296 116 Savills (ARSS 131) Ev w298 117 Fairview New Homes (ARSS 134) Ev w300 118 Chartered Institute of Housing (ARSS 135) Ev w304 119 Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain (ARSS 136) Ev w307 120 Planning and Development Association (ARSS 137) Ev w310 121 Baker Associates (ARSS 138) Ev w313 122 Federation of Master Builders (ARSS 140) Ev w317 123 Worcestershire County Council (ARSS 141) Ev w320 124 Local Government Association (ARSS142) Ev w322 125 Thames Water (ARSS 143) Ev w324 126 Localise West Midlands (ARSS 144) Ev w326 127 Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) (ARSS 145) Ev w330 128 Dr Alastair Scott (ARSS 147) Ev w332 129 Kent County Council (ARSS 149) Ev w334 130 UK Green Building Council (ARSS 150) Ev w337 131 North West Regional Leaders Board and North West Regional Development Agency (ARSS 152) Ev w338 132 Beryl Metcalfe (ARSS 153) Ev w341 133 Bryan Jezeph Consultancy (ARSS 154) Ev w345 134 Kilbride Four Ashes (ARSS 155) Ev w348 135 Redcliffe Homes (ARSS 156) Ev w349 cobber Pack: U PL: CWE1 [SO] Processed: [30-03-2011 09:53] Job: 009535 Unit: PG01 Communities and Local Government Committee: Evidence Ev w1 Written evidence Written evidence from Dr Leunig, London School of Economics (ARSS 01) Abolition of RSS House Building Targets and Evaluation of Proposed Incentives Summary — The abolition of RSS house building targets is welcome if accompanied by sufficient incentives… — But the proposed incentives are manifestly insufficient.
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