Amendments proposed to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

444

Clause     77,     page     54,     line     17,     leave out 'other' and insert 'higher'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

445

Clause     77,     page     54,     line     20,     leave out 'annulment' and insert 'approval'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

446

Clause     77,     page     54,     line     20,     leave out 'either House' and insert 'both Houses'.

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Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

447

Clause     78,     page     55,     line     6,     at end insert—

    '(c)   any decision relating to a policy has been unreasonably arrived at.'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

448

Clause     78,     page     55,     line     7,     leave out 'six' and insert 'twelve'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

449

Clause     78,     page     55,     line     21,     at end insert—

    '(8A)   The appropriate authority shall be liable to pay compensation to the aggrieved person if the High Court finds in favour of the aggrieved person.'.

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Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

450

Clause     79,     page     56,     line     8,     after 'statutory', insert 'public'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

451

Clause     79,     page     56,     line     10,     leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

452

Clause     80,     page     56,     line     17,     after 'person,' insert 'who has a direct local interest in the matter that is the subject of the grant'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

453

Clause     80,     page     56,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(c)   an elected Regional Assembly in England'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

454

Clause     80,     page     56,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(c)   a Local Planning Authority'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

455

Clause     80,     page     56,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(c)   the Mayor of Greater London'.

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Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

456

Clause     81,     page     56,     line     28,     leave out from 'Scilly' to end of line 29.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

457

Clause     81,     page     56,     line     29,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   At the request of the Council of the Isles of Scilly the Secretary of State may by order make directions.'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

458

Clause     81,     page     56,     line     30,     leave out 'in particular'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

459

Clause     81,     page     56,     line     35,     leave out subsection (3).

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Matthew Green

245

Schedule     3,     page     63,     line     22,     leave out paragraph 4.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

413

Schedule     3,     page     63,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   After section 106(1)(d) there is inserted—

"(e)	for the creation or transfer of an interest or right in land,

(f)	for the purpose of restricting, facilitating or regulating the development of land, either permanently or for such period as may be prescribed by the obligation.".'.

(b)	subsection (3) is omitted.'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

414

Schedule     3,     page     63,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   After section 106(2)(c) there is inserted—

"(d)	any agreement or other document under this section may contain such incidental and consequential provisions (including financial ones) as appear to the local planning authority or the person interested in the land to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the agreement.".'.

   

Mr John Baron
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Sir Sidney Chapman
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Wilshire

427

Schedule     3,     page     63,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '4A   In section 187B (injunctions restraining breaches of planning control)—

(a)	subsection (2) is amended by adding at the end "and may issue such an injunction against a person whose indentity is unknown, which injunction shall be registered at the Land Registry";

(b)	subsection (3) is omitted.'.

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Matthew Green

246

Schedule     6,     page     74,     line     15,     leave out 'Section 92'.

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Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

460

Clause     87,     page     58,     line     21,     leave out 'annulment' and insert 'approval'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

461

Clause     87,     page     58,     line     22,     leave out 'either House' and insert 'both Houses'.

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

462

Clause     87,     page     58,     line     22,     leave out from 'Parliament' to end of line 26.

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Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Sydney Chapman

463

Clause     90,     page     58,     line     38,     leave out 'Planning' and insert 'Destruction of the Tried and Tested Planning System'.

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REMAINING NEW CLAUSES

Third party right of appeal

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Sydney Chapman
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Drew

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

    '1.   After section 78, subsection (2), of the principal Act there is inserted—

    "(2A)   Where a local planning authority approves an application for planning permission and—

(a)	the planning application does not accord with the provisions of the development plan in force in the area in which the land to which the application relates is situated; or

(b)	the planning application is one in which the local authority has an interest as defined in section 316;

       the persons who may by notice appeal to the Secretary of State against the approval of planning permission in the circumstances specified above are—

(a)	any persons who have lodged a formal objection to the planning application in writing to the planning authority for the area in which the land to which the application relates is situated;

(b)	other persons at the discretion of a person appointed by the Secretary of State for that purpose."

    2.   Section 79 of the principal Act is amended as follows—

       "In subsection (2), leave out ("either") and after "planning authority" insert "or the applicant (where different from the appellant)."

       In subsection (6), after "the determination" insert "(except for appeals as defined in section 78(2A) and where the appellant is as defined in section 78(2A)".'.

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Chief planning officer

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Sydney Chapman
Sir Paul Beresford

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   A local planning authority's duties under the Local Government Act 1972 with respect to the appointment of officers shall (without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of that Act) include the duty of appointing a fit person to be the chief planning officer of the authority, whether or not that person is described as chief planning officer.

    (2)   The chief planning officer shall have overall senior management responsibility for the functions set out in section 38.'.

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England Spatial Plan

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Sydney Chapman
Sir Paul Beresford

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   There must be a spatial plan for England to be known as the "England Spatial Plan".

    (2)   The England Spatial Plan must set out such of the policies (however expressed) of the Secretary of State as he thinks appropriate in relation to the development and use of land in England.

    (3)   The Secretary of State must—

(a)	prepare and publish the Plan;

(b)	keep under review the Plan;

(c)	consider from time to time whether it should be revised.

    (4)   If the Secretary of State revises the Plan, he must publish (as he considers appropriate)—

(a)	the whole Plan as revised, or

(b)	the revised parts.

    (5)   The Secretary of State must consult such persons or bodies as he considers appropriate in preparing or revising the Plan.

    (6)   The Plan and any revision of it must be approved by the Secretary of State.

    (7)   The Secretary of State must not delegate his function under subsection (6).'.

Prepared 28 Jan 2003