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Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill in Standing Committee A: New Clause 32: Regulations to Control Light Pollution

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Description: Details of a failed attempt to add a clause to the 2003 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill to allow the regulation of lighting fixtures by local planning authorities.
House of Commons Standing Committee A (pt 4) Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill For the first time the Minister is getting us into real politics. We know very well that the increased resources that the Government provide for planning go straight to the regions, not to local planning authorities. If local authorities had sufficient resources, there would not be a problem with enforcement. It is not a question of the resources being ring-fenced; councils do not have sufficient resources for planning, full stop. My authority does not have enough, and I am sure that other hon. Members could say the same. Councils cannot undertake enforcement on a discretionary basis. We want to legislate with a light touch, and we are in favour of discretion; if that were enshrined in the Bill, the Government would have to provide the resources. If they were to stop giving resources to the regions and put them back into the local authorities, we would take the new clause away like a shot.
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