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Ten Minute Rule Bill

On 28 March 2011, Labour MP John Woodcock proposed a ten minute rule bill aiming to strengthen planning laws to protect bowling greens.

Under the bill, greens that are used by an existing team could not be built over unless local bowlers actively consent to the sell-off.

The bill would also introduce a community right to buy for bowling greens, which would allow people to band together and purchase the green for themselves and maintain it as a community asset.

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