Committee on Standards in Public Life: Standards of conduct of local government in England, Scotla…
R3-36
Published July 1997
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The Department of the Environment (and the Scottish and Welsh Offices) should consider whether present legislation on planning obligations is sufficiently tightly worded to prevent planning permissions from being bought and sold. The Departments should continue to reduce the time taken for planning appeals to be arranged and should set demanding targets to that end.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Standards of conduct of local government in England, Scotland and Wales, July 1997