Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill

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Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, are
published separately as Bill 12–EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Prescott has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill are
compatible with the Convention rights.

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Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill

Contents
Part 1
Regional functions
Spatial strategy
      1         Regional Spatial Strategy
Planning bodies
      2         Regional planning bodies
      3         RPB: general functions
      4         Assistance from certain local authorities
RSS revision
      5         RSS: revision
      6         RSS: Secretary of State’s functions
      7         RSS: examination in public
      8         RSS: further procedure
      9         Secretary of State: additional powers
Supplementary
      10         Regulations
      11         Supplementary
Part 2
Local development
Survey
      12         Survey of area
      13         Survey of area: county councils

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Development schemes
      14         Local development scheme
      15         Minerals and waste development scheme
Documents
      16         Local development documents
      17         Statement of community involvement
      18         Preparation of local development documents
      19         Independent examination
      20         Intervention by Secretary of State
      21         Withdrawal of local development document
      22         Adoption of local development documents
      23         Conformity with regional strategy
      24         Revocation of local development document
      25         Revision of local development documents
      26         Secretary of State’s default power
      27         Joint local development documents
Joint committees
      28         Joint committees
      29         Joint committees: additional functions
      30         Dissolution of joint committee
Miscellaneous
      31         Exclusion of certain representations
      32         Urban development corporations
      33         Guidance
      34         Annual monitoring report
General
      35         Regulations
      36         Interpretation
Part 3
Development
Development plan
      37         Development plan
Sustainable development
      38         Sustainable development

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Part 4
Development control
Local development orders
      39         Local development orders
Development principles
      40         Statement of development principles
Applications
      41         Applications for planning permission and certain consents
      42         Power to decline to determine applications
Major infrastructure projects
      43         Major infrastructure projects
Simplified planning zones
      44         Simplified planning zones
Miscellaneous
      45         Appeal made: functions of local planning authority
      46         Duration of permission and consent
      47         Fees and charges
      48         Duty to respond to consultation
      49         Time in which Secretary of State to take decisions
Part 5
Correction of errors
      50         Correction of errors in decisions
      51         Correction notice
      52         Effect of correction
      53         Supplementary
Part 6
Wales
Spatial plan
      54         Wales Spatial Plan
Survey
      55         Survey

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Plans
      56         Local development plan
      57         Preparation requirements
      58         Independent examination
      59         Intervention by Assembly
      60         Withdrawal of local development plan
      61         Adoption of local development plan
      62         Revocation of local development plan
      63         Review of local development plan
      64         Revision of local development plan
      65         Assembly’s default power
      66         Joint local development plans
Miscellaneous
      67         Exclusion of certain representations
      68         Urban development corporations
      69         Guidance
      70         Annual monitoring report
General
      71         Regulations
      72         Interpretation
Part 7
Compulsory purchase
Acquisition of land for development
      73         Compulsory acquisition of land for development etc
Loss payments
      74         Basic loss payment
      75         Occupier’s loss payment
      76         Loss payments: exclusions
      77         Loss payments: supplementary
Part 8
Miscellaneous and general
Miscellaneous
      78         Validity of strategies, plans and documents
      79         Examinations
      80         Grants for advice and assistance
      81         Isles of Scilly
      82         Interpretation

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General
      83         Amendments
      84         Transitionals
      85         Repeals
      86         Commencement
      87         Regulations and orders
      88         Finance
      89         Extent
      90         Short Title
                  Schedule 1                     —                     Local development orders: procedure
                  Schedule 2                     —                     Timetable for decisions
                  Schedule 3                     —                     Amendments of the planning Acts
                  Schedule 4                     —                     Amendments of other enactments
                  Schedule 5                     —                     Transitional provisions: Parts 1 and 2
                  Schedule 6                     —                     Repeals

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