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| Assessment of alternative sites for development. |
6. Where an application is made to a local planning authority for planning permission for five or more dwellings on undeveloped land, that application-
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(a) shall include an assessment of the availability of alternative sites for the development on previously developed land; and |
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(b) shall demonstrate that any capacity identified in the study prepared under section 1 or in the audit prepared under section 2 does not provide a more suitable location. |
| Effects of development on infrastructure. |
7. - (1) Any application to a local planning authority for planning permission for dwellings which is likely to have a significant impact on the existing infrastructure in the relevant area shall be accompanied by an assessment of that impact.
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(2) A local planning authority shall not approve an application for which an assessment has been provided under subsection (1) unless it is satisfied that the existing infrastructure in the relevant area-
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(a) will be able to meet the demands made upon it by the proposed development; or |
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(b) is capable of being altered to meet those demands without detriment to the quality of life of existing residents or damage to the natural beauty and amenity of the area. |
| Availability of documents. |
8. Local planning authorities shall make available for inspection by the public, at a reasonable cost, any documents prepared in accordance with the requirements of this Act.
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| Interpretation. |
9. In this Act-
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"infrastructure" includes transport links, water and sewerage facilities, waste disposal facilities and health, education and recreational facilities; and |
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"previously developed land" includes- |
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(a) land that has been developed by any operation amounting to development or making a material change in its use; and
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(b) both land and buildings.
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| Financial provision. |
10. There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment.
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| Short title, commencement and extent. |
11. - (1) This Act may be cited as the Urban Regeneration and Countryside Protection Act 2000.
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(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of one month beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
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(3) This Act extends to England and Wales only.
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