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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 27 November 2012

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Growth And Infrastructure Bill


 

[Seventh and Eighth Sittings]


 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Withdrawn  28

 

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

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  29

 

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

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  30

 

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

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  31

 

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

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  25

 

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

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  32

 

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

 

regulations’.


 
 

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Growth And Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  33

 

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

 

regulations’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  26

 

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

 

both parties’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  27

 

Clause  2,  page  5,  line  5,  at end 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).’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Withdrawn  61

 

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  11,  after ‘applies’ insert ‘subject to mitigating circumstances

 

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

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  62

 

Clause  3,  page  5,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

to the costs of a local authority that is a party to a public local inquiry held

 

in England in pursuance of this Act where one or more other parties does

 

not attend the inquiry.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Withdrawn  63

 

Clause  4,  page  5,  line  23,  leave out ‘reasonable’ and insert ‘appropriate’.


 
 

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Growth And Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  64

 

Clause  4,  page  5,  line  25,  leave out from ‘if’ to ‘that’ in line 26 and insert ‘the local

 

planning authority considers’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

Withdrawn  50

 

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  31,  after ‘(1)’, insert ‘Subject to subsection (1A),’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

Not called  51

 

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

 

‘(1A)    

This section does not apply to planning obligations relating to article 1(5) land as

 

defined in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)

 

Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/418).’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Withdrawn  65

 

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  34,  after ‘may’, insert ‘after the expiry of the relevant

 

period’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Withdrawn  67

 

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  38,  leave out from ‘(c)’ to ‘in’ in line 40.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

Not called  6

 

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  42,  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.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  68

 

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  3,  leave out ‘means’ and insert ‘is assessed by the local

 

authority to be the foremost reason’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

Not called  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.


 
 

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(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.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  69

 

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

 

‘(3A)    

An authority can only make a determination in accordance with subsection (3)(a)

 

if it is satisfied that—

 

(a)    

it would not result in the development being in material conflict with the

 

strategic policies of the development plan, and

 

(b)    

an alternative form of development in accordance with the development

 

plan would not be economically viable.’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Withdrawn  70

 

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  25,  at end insert ‘or

 

‘(e)    

request that the requirement is to be met in part, or in full, by central

 

government funding allocated for the delivery of affordable homes’.

 

Mr Nick Raynsford

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  71

 

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  39,  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

Where the local authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the value of the

 

land, on which planning consent with a planning obligation that contains an

 

affordable housing requirement is placed, has risen and the original obligation has

 

not been reasonably met at the end of one year they may—

 

(a)    

determine that requirement is to have effect subject to modifications,

 

(b)    

determine that the requirement is to be replaced with a different

 

affordable housing requirement, or

 

(c)    

determine that the requirement will be subject to review within a given

 

time period.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  72

 

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  41,  leave out ‘guidance issued by the Secretary of State;’ and

 

insert ‘regulations, subject to consultation, setting out the criteria upon which viability,


 
 

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for the purposes of this section, is to be assessed.

 

(8A)    

Regulations under subsection (8) 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.’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  34

 

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

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  35

 

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.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Withdrawn  74

 

Clause  5,  page  6,  line  47,  at end insert—

 

‘(10A)    

If, at the end of one year from the date set according to subsection (10) the

 

obligation as modified has not been met, the modification ceases to have effect

 

and the original obligation is reverted to.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Withdrawn  75

 

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  10,  after ‘market’ insert ‘but not including requirements for

 

land on the site to be reserved and transferred at nil cost to a local planning authority or

 

registered provider of social housing’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  36

 

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.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  66

 

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

 

‘“relevant period” means—

 

(a)    

such period as may be prescribed; or

 

(b)    

if no period is prescribed, the period of two years beginning with

 

the date of the planning permission for the development.’.


 
 

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Growth And Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  37

 

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

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  73

 

Clause  5,  page  7,  line  38,  after ‘Secretary of State’, insert ‘subject to published

 

criteria’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  38

 

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

 

Agreed to  39

 

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

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  40

 

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

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  41

 

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.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  76

 

Clause  5,  page  7,  leave out lines 46 and 47 and insert—

 

‘(6)    

Sections 106BA(5)(c) (removal of requirement) and 106BA(5)(d) (discharge or

 

affordable housing requirement) do not apply under this section.’.


 
 

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Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  42

 

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

 

Agreed to  43

 

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

 

Agreed to  44

 

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

 

(8A)’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

Not called  77

 

Clause  5,  page  8,  line  18,  leave out ‘three years’ and insert ‘one year’.

 

Michael Fallon

 

Nick Boles

 

Agreed to  45

 

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

 

(b)    

that subsection applies again to the obligation.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to on division.

 



 
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