The Big Society should mean stronger rights to challenge bad planning decisions, say CPRE and ELF
As the Government begins to explain what the ‘Big Society’ might mean for local communities, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) are calling on Ministers not to pull a U-turn on their promise to rebalance rights of appeal in the planning process. Currently the only way for local people to question bad development granted planning permission, is in the high court, neither a cheap nor expedient option. Conversely, developers enjoy an unlimited right to appeal planning decisions.