{"longTitle":"A Bill to protect private gardens from development which is out of character with the surrounding area; to make provision about the circumstances in which a planning application may be rejected by a local authority and about rights of appeal in such circumstances; to prohibit repeated planning applications in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes","summary":"<p>This Bill would </p><ul><li>require the Secretary of State to issue guidance to local authorities so that gardens of residential houses would be regarded as greenfield sites for development purposes; planning applications for significant developments would be refused if they were out of character with the surrounding area</li><li>provide for a right of appeal for those affected or for an amenity society, if a local planning authority granted planning consent for development inconsistent with either the development plan or with guidance issued under the provisions of the Bill</li><li>extend the power of a local planning authority to decline to determine repeat applications from two years to three, after a similar application has been rejected on appeal to the Secretary of State. </li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":204,"name":"Paul Burstow","party":"Liberal Democrat","partyColour":"fc7d0b","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/204/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/204/contact","memberFrom":"Sutton and Cheam"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":440,"shortTitle":"Protection of Garden Land (Development Control) Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2009-10-28T15:24:48","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":8,"introducedSessionId":22,"includedSessionIds":[22],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":13312,"stageId":7,"sessionId":22,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}