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Localism Bill

Contents of the Localism Bill

• right to veto excessive council tax rises

• community right to challenge [council service provision]

• community right to buy [council assets]

• local referendums

• general power of competence

• local authority governance [return to committee system option]

• directly elected mayors

• predetermination [rules relaxed for councillors]

• standards board [abolished]

• pay accountability [of senior officers]

• scrapping bin taxes

• abolition of regional strategies

• community infrastructure levy reforms

• local plan reform

• neighbourhood planning

• community right to build [without planning permission following a

referendum]

• duty to cooperate [between councils]

• pre-application consultation [on large developments]

• enforcement [reforms, e.g. appealing and reapplying simultaneously to

be forbidden]

• abolition of Infrastructure Planning Commission

• Parliamentary vote on National Policy Statements

• social housing allocations reform

• reform of homelessness legislation

• social housing tenure reform

• reform of council housing finance

• national homeswap scheme

• reform of social housing regulation

• facilitating moves out of the social rented sector

• home information packs [abolished]

• London governance changes