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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Communities and
Local Government, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the
Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Department for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs, the Department for Transport and the Department for Culture
Media and Sport are published separately as Bill 75—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Secretary Eric Pickles has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the

Growth and Infrastructure Bill

are compatible with
the Convention rights.

Contents

  1. Promoting growth and facilitating provision of infrastructure, and related matters

    1. 1. Option to make planning application directly to Secretary of State

    2. 2. Planning proceedings: costs etc

    3. 3. Compulsory purchase inquiries: costs

    4. 4. Limits on power to require information with planning applications

    5. 5. Modification or discharge of affordable housing requirements

    6. 6. Disposals of land held for planning purposes

    7. 7. Electronic communications code: the need to promote growth

    8. 8. Periodic review of mineral planning permissions

    9. 9. Stopping up and diversion of highways

    10. 10. Stopping up and diversion of public paths

    11. 11. Declarations negativing intention to dedicate way as highway

    12. 12. Registration of town or village green: statement by owner

    13. 13. Restrictions on right to register land as town or village green

    14. 14. Applications to amend registers: modification of power to provide for fees

  2. Other infrastructure provisions

    1. 15. Power stations: repeal of requirements to give notice

    2. 16. Conditions of licences under Gas Act 1986: payments to other licence-holders

    3. 17. Variation of consents under Electricity Act 1989

    4. 18. Consents under Electricity Act 1989: deemed planning permission

    5. 19. Special parliamentary procedure in cases under the Planning Act 2008

    6. 20. Modifications of special parliamentary procedure in certain cases

    7. 21. Bringing business and commercial projects within Planning Act 2008 regime

  3. Economic measures

    1. 22. Postponement of compilation of rating lists to 2017

    2. 23. Employee owners

  4. General provisions

    1. 24. Orders

    2. 25. Consequential amendments

    3. 26. Financial provisions

    4. 27. Commencement

    5. 28. Short title and extent

    1. Schedule 1

      Planning applications made to Secretary of State: further
      amendments

    2. Schedule 2

      Modification or discharge of affordable housing requirements:
      related amendments

    3. Schedule 3

      Periodic review of mineral planning permissions

    4. Schedule 4

      New Schedule 1A to the Commons Act 2006

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