A Bill to amend the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 to make further provision regarding the consideration of proposals and the representation of parish councils; and for connect purposes.
The Bill would amend the provisions of the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 to:stipulate in more detail the role of the selector of proposals under section 3 of the Actrequire that members of parish councils should be part of the panel set up by local authorities under section 5(4)make provision for petitions and referendums to be held in local authority areas in cases where local authorities have decided not to submit proposals to the Secretary of State.
House of Commons
12 November 2009
This Bill would amend the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 to clarify how proposals are considered. It would require parish councillors to be part of the local authority’s panel that reviews proposals and would allow petitions and local referendums in areas where councils decide not to submit proposals to the Secretary of State, with related provisions for connected purposes.
The Bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons and has not yet progressed to later stages.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 3 June. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Mr David Drew.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
