{"value":{"id":57739,"askingMemberId":1387,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-06-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-06-09T00:00:00","uin":"198539","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account he takes of local referendums on the desirability of specific sites being allocated to new housing.","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Communities and Local Government","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3995,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-06-10T00:00:00","answerText":"<p> </p><p> </p><p>This Coalition Government have given communities radical new rights to plan for their areas, deliver the development they want and control their future. Over 1,000 communities have applied for a neighbourhood planning area to be designated, and neighbourhood plans are receiving overwhelming support through local referendums. So far we have had 17 successful referendums on neighbourhood plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A neighbourhood plan (including any specific sites within it) which has been supported by the majority of those voting in a referendum can form the basis for decisions on development in the local area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A neighbourhood development order, if endorsed by a local referendum, can also grant permission for specified developments in a neighbourhood area.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Housing: Construction","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/57739","method":"GET"}]}