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 |