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The changewe needHammersmith & Fulham Labour’s

manifesto2014 council elections

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11. Reforming planning and giving reident newpower

 The planning proce i broken. !onervative councillor have a co"relationhip with developer# en$o"ing free hopitalit" and taking planningdeciion that reward overea peculator rather than local reident.

 The" and their o%cial have man" meeting with developer that are notminuted or recorded prior to the tart of the o%cial public conultation.Labour will change that# banning hopitalit"# reforming the planningproce and giving reident a meaningful a" over development in theirarea through Ward &anel.

'anning hopitalit" from developer!onervative councillor have en$o"ed a wide range of hopitalit" from developerbehind the borough( mot controverial cheme# including free trip to the prom#free football matche and free polo matche# man" free dinner and lunche andmuch more. Reident e)pect councillor to be on their ide# working for them and noten$o"ing hopitalit" a developer( guet.

• Labour will ban all of it councillor from taking an" hopitalit" from developer orother buinee eeking to pro*t from the council.

+mmediatel" reviewing contentiou development

•  The !onervative council ha ruhed through man" highl" contentiou planningdeciion in recent month. Labour will etablih a !ontract ,nit that willimmediatel" review thee development.

• We oppoe the cheme for Wet -enington and ibb reen /tate# 0hepherd'uh arket# the new Town Hall o%ce# 0ulivan 0chool# Hammermith &ark andRiveride 0tudio2ount 3nvil. We aim to re4negotiate thee and halt the ue ofcouncil power uch a !ompulor" &urchae 5rder on an" of them.

'ringing back fair and decent planningLabour will:

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!onult and work with reident to adapt the Local 6evelopment Framework• Work with an independent deign panel on all ma$or development

• Reintroduce a minimum planning re7uirement for a8ordable home for rent and tobu"

iving Ward &anel a role in planning# weeping awa" ecrec"

• 5ur new Ward &anel will have a right to be noti*ed when a developer begin talkwith the council on an" new large cheme.

• We will introduce new rule that make it public when developer begin dicuion

about large ite and encourage member of Ward &anel to engage in earl"

converation about cheme.• !urrentl" adminitration councillor and o%cial have dicuion with developer

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in ecret. 9o agenda or minute are kept and in anwer to a Freedom of+nformation re7uet# the council will a" onl" who attended. Labour will not onl"publih when the meeting take place but we will alo lit all who attended andpublih the agenda and minute.

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5ther improvement to the planning proceReident a8ected b" ma$or development often do not hear until it i too late. We willrevamp the conultation proce o that local reident get a proper a" in how theirarea change.

• We will give Ward &anel and other communit" group peaking right at the&lanning 3pplication !ommittee on all ma$or planning application.

• &lanning deciion are currentl" voted on in the Town Hall without an" viit b"voting councillor to the area that will be a8ected. We will enure that the&lanning !ommittee viit contentiou development ite before making deciion.

• Labour will et up a genuinel" independent deign forum to ae each cheme.

 

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