CHRIS SKIDMORE MP WELCOMES NEWS THAT
THE COALITION GOVERNMENT WILL ABOLISH THE
REGIONAL SPATIAL STRATEGY AND PROTECT
THE GREENBELT

20th May 2010

Commenting on the news that the Coalition Government will abolish the previous government’s Regional Spatial Strategy, Chris Skidmore, the new MP for Kingswood said:

“I’m delighted that the coalition has decided to carry on with Conservative proposals to abolish the disastrous Regional Spatial Strategy, and that they will do so rapidly. The RSS needs to go as soon as possible so that we can preserve the local Kingswood Green Belt for generations to come. I have also written to the Secretary of State to seek further confirmation of the timings of its abolition.”

Page 11 of the Coalition Document states:

“We will rapidly abolish Regional Spatial Strategies and return decision-making powers on housing and planning to local councils, including giving councils new powers to stop ‘garden grabbing’.

We will maintain the Green Belt, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and other environmental protections, and create a new designation – similar to SSSIs – to protect green areas of particular importance to local communities.”

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