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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 20 November 2012

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

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Growth and Infrastructure Bill


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [13 November 2012].

 


 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

10

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  after ‘made’ insert—

 

‘(a)    

the local planning authority has not adopted a local plan for any part of

 

its area within a period of 20 years prior to the date that the Secretary of

 

State proposes to make the designation;

 

(b)    

the application does not relate to development affecting flood risk areas,

 

World Heritage sites, National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural

 

Beauty, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and conservation areas, and’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

11

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  14,  leave out ‘of a description prescribed by the Secretary of

 

State’ and insert ‘a major application of a description to be set out in regulations following

 

a period of consultation, which regulations shall be in the form of a statutory instrument

 

and may only be made if a draft of them has been laid before and approved by both Houses

 

of Parliament.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

12

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  10,  leave out sub-paragraph (ii).


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 20 November 2012                  

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Growth and Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

14

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  19,  after ‘State’, insert—

 

‘(3A)    

It will be the responsibility of the Secretary of State to ensure that all statutory

 

requirements that would otherwise be met by the local planning authority or

 

hazardous substances authority, in relation to a relevant application under

 

subsection 3, are met by him.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

15

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(3B)    

Applications under subsection (3) shall be subject to published criteria following

 

a period of consultation.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

13

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  30,  after ‘accordingly’, insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Before reaching a decision on an application made to him under this section, the

 

Secretary of State must ensure that adequate consultation of the local community

 

takes place.’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

1

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Any performance standards that apply to local planning authorities in the

 

consideration of planning applications shall also apply to the Secretary of State in

 

the performance of his functions under this section.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

16

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  33,  leave out subsection (6) and insert—

 

‘(6)    

Where an application is made directly to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of

 

State must set out in regulations, following a period of consultation, the exact

 

responsibilities of local authorities designated under section 1(1) in relation to

 

planning applications made directly to the Secretary of State.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

17

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  39,  after ‘particular’, insert ‘designated’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

18

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  39,  after ‘to’, insert ‘designated’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

2

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

Any costs incurred by a local planning authority in carrying out directions given

 

under subsection (6) shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of State.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 20 November 2012                  

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Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

19

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  46,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

local planning authorities with responsibility for all or part of a National

 

Park, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Site of Special Scientific

 

Interest, World Heritage Site and/or a conservation area;’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

20

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  47,  leave out from ‘in’ to ‘fit’ in line 48 and insert ‘following

 

a period of consultation with local authorities’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

3

 

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

The Secretary of State must consult representatives of local planning authorities

 

before publishing the criteria described in paragraphs (8)(a) and (b).’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

4

 

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(10)    

The Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision for an independent

 

body to consider appeals by local planning authorities which have been

 

designated for the purposes of this section against such designation.’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

5

 

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(11)    

The Secretary of State shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial

 

year, publish a statement of the costs incurred by the Secretary of State during that

 

year in pursuance of this section.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

21

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

and the length of time for which a local authority is to be designated’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

22

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

This section will cease to have effect one year after it comes into force.

 

(10)    

Regulations under this section shall be in the form of a statutory instrument and

 

shall not be made unless a draft of them has been laid before and approved by both

 

Houses of Parliament.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

23

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

Before designating an authority under this section, the Secretary of State must

 

serve a notice of intention to designate (“the notice”).

 

(10)    

The notice shall—


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 20 November 2012                  

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(a)    

give reasons for the service of the notice, all of which must have regard

 

to the criteria set out in subsection 8;

 

(b)    

give the authority or authorities named in the notice a period of six

 

months to take all reasonable corrective actions specified in the notice;

 

(c)    

allow a period of four weeks for the local authority on which notice is

 

served to appeal against this notice (the grounds for which appeal may

 

include mitigating criteria, set out in regulations, such criteria to include

 

planning performance agreements, extenuating local circumstances,

 

actions of statutory consultees and/or relevant agencies or government

 

departments, views of the local community, natural events, architectural

 

and heritage concerns, environmental and conservation concerns).’.

 


 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

24

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  1,  page  33,  line  16,  after ‘may’ insert ‘with the agreement of the

 

designated local planning authority and the applicant’.

 


 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

28

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  18,  after ‘direct,’, insert ‘subject to criteria set out in

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

29

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  21,  after ‘directs,’, insert ‘subject to criteria set out in

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

30

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  33,  after ‘direct,’, insert ‘subject to criteria set out in

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

31

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  36,  after ‘directs,’, insert ‘subject to criteria set out in

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

25

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  2,  after ‘State’, insert ‘subject to mitigating circumstances, to

 

include circumstances beyond the control of the holder of the inquiry or hearing’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

32

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  9,  after ‘direct,’, insert ‘subject to criteria set out in

 

regulations’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 20 November 2012                  

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Growth and Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

33

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  12,  after ‘directs,’, insert ‘subject to criteria set out in

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

26

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  5,  line  2,  leave out ‘if he thinks fit’ and insert ‘with the agreement of

 

both parties’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

27

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  2,  page  5,  line  5,  after ‘Secretary of State’, insert—

 

‘(12)    

The Secretary of State must publish—

 

(a)    

the criteria that are to be applied by the Secretary of State in deciding

 

whether sub-paragraph (11) should be employed; and

 

(b)    

the reasons of the Secretary of State for directing that “anything be done

 

under sub-paragraph (11)”.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

6

 

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

An application made to an authority under subsection (2) shall be subject to a fee,

 

which must cover costs incurred in determining whether paragraphs (a) or (b) of

 

subsection (3) apply, including the costs of any specialist advice.’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

7

 

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The Secretary of State shall make an order by Statutory Instrument setting out the

 

criteria by which viability is to be assessed.

 

(3B)    

An order shall not be made under subsection (3A) unless he has consulted those

 

persons or organisations he considers to be appropriate and a draft of the Order

 

has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, both Houses of Parliament.’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

8

 

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Second or subsequent applications made to an authority under subsection (2) shall

 

be subject to a fee.’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

9

 

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

Subsections (6)(b) and (c) shall not prevent the planning obligation being

 

modified so as to change the timing of payments.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 20 November 2012                  

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Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

34

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  42,  at end insert ‘—(a)’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

35

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  43,  at end insert ‘, or

 

(b)    

if no period is prescribed under paragraph (a), within the period of 28

 

days beginning with the day on which the application is received, or such

 

longer period as is agreed in writing between the applicant and the

 

authority.’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

36

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘(12A)    

The Secretary of State may by order amend this section so as to modify the

 

definition of “affordable housing requirement” in subsection (12).

 

(12B)    

An order under subsection (12A) may have effect for the purposes of planning

 

obligations entered into before (as well as after) its coming into force.’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

37

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  37,  leave out ‘and in such manner’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

38

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

If no period is prescribed under subsection (3), an appeal under this section must

 

be made—

 

(a)    

in relation to an appeal under subsection (1)(a), within the period of 6

 

months beginning with the expiry of the period mentioned in section

 

106BA(9) that applies in the applicant’s case, or

 

(b)    

otherwise, within the period of 6 months beginning with the date on

 

which notice of the determination is given to the applicant under section

 

106BA(9).

 

(3B)    

An appeal under this section must be made by notice served in such manner as

 

may be prescribed by the Secretary of State.’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

39

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  39,  after first ‘to’ insert ‘(8), (10) and’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

40

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  41,  leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(4A)’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 20 November 2012                  

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Growth and Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

41

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  41,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

References to the affordable housing requirement or the planning obligation are

 

to the requirement or obligation as it stood immediately before the application

 

under section 106BA to which the appeal relates.’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

42

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  8,  line  2,  after ‘State’ insert ‘—

 

(a)    

does not uphold the determination under section 106BA to which the

 

appeal relates (if such a determination has been made), and

 

(b)    

’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

43

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  8,  line  6,  leave out from ‘period’ to end of line 17 and insert ‘, the

 

obligation is treated as containing the affordable housing requirement or requirements it

 

contained immediately before the first application under section 106BA in relation to the

 

obligation, subject to the modifications within subsection (8A).

 

(8A)    

Those modifications are—

 

(a)    

the modifications necessary to ensure that, if the development has been

 

commenced before the end of the relevant period, the requirement or

 

requirements apply only in relation to the part of the development that is

 

not commenced before the end of that period, and

 

(b)    

such other modifications as the Secretary of State considers necessary or

 

expedient to ensure the effectiveness of the requirement or requirements

 

at the end of that period.’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

44

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  8,  line  18,  leave out ‘subsection (8)’ insert ‘subsections (8) and

 

(8A)’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

45

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  5,  page  8,  leave out lines 21 and 22 and insert—

 

‘(10)    

Section 106BA and this section apply in relation to a planning obligation

 

containing a provision within subsection (8) as if—

 

(a)    

the provision were an affordable housing requirement, and

 

(b)    

a person against whom the obligation is enforceable were a person

 

against whom that requirement is enforceable.

 

(10A)    

If subsection (8) applies on an appeal relating to a planning obligation that already

 

contains a provision within that subsection—

 

(a)    

the existing provision within subsection (8) ceases to have effect, but


 
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