Rachel Maclean

The Minister of State, Home Department

Former Conservative MP for Redditch

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Planning Law

There have been votes in Parliament on if planning laws should be relaxed or made more proscriptive.

Rachel Maclean consistently voted against more proscriptive planning laws

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Major votes

  • On 14 Jul 2021: Rachel Maclean was absent for a vote on Planning and Local Representation Show vote
  • On 30 Sep 2020: Rachel Maclean voted for the continuation of more relaxed planning laws, including allowing additional homes to be built on top of existing blocks of flats without planning permission. Show vote
  • On 30 Sep 2020: Rachel Maclean voted to allow adding additional stories to existing homes, or creating new homes on top of existing buildings, without planning permission. Show vote
  • On 30 Sep 2020: Rachel Maclean voted to reduce, and in some cases almost eliminate, planning regulations applying to building new homes on the sites of certain vacant old buildings. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 26 May 2021: Rachel Maclean voted not to require public bodies in England to act in accordance with relevant Local Nature Recovery Strategies when exercising their functions. Show vote

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