Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Carlile of Berriew (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Thursday, 22 January 2009.

Planning

Question: My Lords, is not the Government’s failure to include a requirement for accurate images in the December 2007 guidance in breach of the law, given the Government’s obligation under the European Landscape Convention to integrate landscape matters fully into planning policies? Is not such a breach of the law enforceable by interested parties against individual planning authorities and the Government?

Answer: My Lords, we take our obligations under the European Landscape Convention very seriously. Although I agree with the noble Lord, I do not think that putting this into guidance is necessary or would satisfy any requirement that we are bound to. However, when we come to review the Killian Pretty recommendations and how we can address issues of images, we will look at the noble Lord’s question in the context of the Landscape Institute’s guidelines

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 706 c1765
Session: 2008-09
Oral question type: Supplementary
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Information Planning permission Photographs Misrepresentation Standards
Link: View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk