Kent Conservative MP Laura Sandys has been given the Parliamentary go-ahead to introduce legislation which would prohibit local authorities granting planning permission involving the development of Grade 1 agricultural land other than in exceptional circumstances. The Planning (Grade 1 Agricultural Land Protection) Bill had its first reading in the Commons on 11 May.
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