§ 33. Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans his Department has to increase the role of regional planning. [36677]
§ Ms KeebleThe Green Paper "Planning: delivering a fundamental change" sets out proposals for increasing the effectiveness of regional planning. The new statutory Regional Spatial Strategy will provide the longer term planning framework required for the preparation of the proposed Local Development Frameworks, Local Transport Plans, and other relevant strategies and programmes.