Member

Amendment 246, the agent of change amendment, is where that thinking becomes enforceable. The agent of change principle is straightforward. When new development arrives next to an established cultural venue it is the developer, not the venue, that must bear the responsibility for managing any conflict, such as noise. The Government have accepted this in principle and indicated that it will be addressed through planning policy, but policy without statutory footing has consistently proved insufficient. Guidance is applied unevenly and when it comes into tension with other priorities, it can simply be set aside. The unpredictability alone can be existential.