Civic Voice has joined with the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) to call on all political parties to make a firm manifesto commitment to introduce a "community right of appeal" into the planning system. 
Currently Local Plans (by the council) and Neighbourhood plans (by the community) can be overridden by developers putting in speculative planning applications. Budget cuts within local authorities means that they are under increasing pressure to allow large developments
even when they are not in line with communities aspirations for the area.
The call was made at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference where the three organisations have joined with Liberal Democrat MP Martin Hopwood MP to hold a debate on the benefits of such a right.
Sadly, Marple does not have a Local Plan (Allocations Plan) and isn't likely to have one any time soon, hence the need to progress the Civic Society proposal for the community's own Neighbourhood Plan.
The Civic Voice press Release can be viewed HERE
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