The Alliance has responded to the Government’s consultation on the use of pre-commencement planning conditions. These are conditions impose by a local authority when granting planning permission which must be met before work can start. We have supported the Government’s moves to ensure that clear information is provided on why such conditions are being imposed and the proposed ability to impose conditions where an applicant has not responded to a proposed condition. However, we have argued that the Government should also allow local authorities to impose heritage related pre-commencement planning conditions to ensure that existing protections for heritage are not undermined. We have also called on the Government to carry out an impact assessment before proceeding with the policy. Our response will be on our website shortly- apologies for the delay due to technical problems.