Examination of Witnesses

Part of Growth and Infrastructure Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:00 pm on 13 November 2012.

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Photo of Bob Blackman Bob Blackman Conservative, Harrow East 12:00, 13 November 2012

Also in relation to the Bill, the proposal is that developers could go straight to national decision making; the Bill states that the consultation process for local people will not be as thorough and the national planning authorities will not have to do everything that a local authority does, but you seemed to contradict that in your answer to an earlier question. To clarify, what will be the consultation process when a developer goes straight to the national body, and what will the role of the local authority be in that process?