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Street Votes
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My query relates to your local authority's policy on "Street Votes" - where a vote is held to allow the residents of a street to give themselves the right to extend or redevelop their properties. This could include building a mansard roof. An extension. Or building housing on land currently occupied by derelict alleys or disused garages.
The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 included provision for Street Vote Development Orders, though the new Government has not yet announced if it will proceed with implementing this or not.
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F2023%2F55&data=05%7C02%7Cinformationrequests%40wokingham.gov.uk%7Caf6362f53f4343cf65f908dcb156db56%7C996ee15c0b3e4a6f8e65120a9a51821a%7C0%7C0%7C638580233812017104%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=K6ZY3sOB1t0CesoLoBX%2BPUBBmlgaaRAfgwpEGtcdNrw%3D&reserved=0 Please advise:
1. Has your local authority stated an opinion on street votes?
Specifically, did you respond to the official consultation on Street Vote Development
Orders? If so please send me a copy of your response.
Wokingham Borough Council did not respond to the relevant national consultation.
2. I understand that regardless of Street Vote Development Orders legislation being implemented, individual local authorities could choose to introduce a similar arrangement of their own volition. This could be done by allowing a local poll under Section 116 of the Local Government Act 2003 and then issuing Local Development Orders to reflect what the residents voted for.
Wokingham Borough Council has no plans to allow street votes. No street votes have been undertaken.
