Written evidence to be reported to the House
Planning Bill
11:00 am
John Cridland: Indeed. We all lose from the current system. For example, I was very taken by recent developments in relation to Kingsnorth power station where the relevant local authority approves planning permission for an important national development and then those who disagree with it—they are perfectly entitled to do so—call for a planning inquiry to debate whether clean-coal technology is a relevant environmental solution. These are very pertinent issues, but issues, I would suggest, for this place rather than for a planning inquiry.