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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Thursday 10th January 2008

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

Planning Bill Committee 35–47

Public Bill Committee

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Planning Bill

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

73

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  31,  leave out from ‘statement’ to end of line 32 and insert

‘annually and publish a report’.

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

74

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  24,  at end add—

‘(4)	The Secretary of State must report on the progress of the review at 28 day

intervals.’.

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

75

Clause  12,  page  6,  line  12,  leave out from ‘review’ to end of line 14.

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

76

Clause  14,  page  8,  line  11,  at end add—

‘(5)	The Secretary of State shall annually undertake a review of the threshold

specified in subsection (2)(c) and publish a report.’.

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

77

Page  1,  line  3,  leave out Clause 1.

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Planning Bill, continued

James Duddridge

78

Clause  20,  page  10,  line  22,  leave out ‘or extension’.

James Duddridge

79

Clause  20,  page  10,  line  23,  leave out ‘or extended’.

James Duddridge

80

Clause  20,  page  10,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

The extension of harbour facilities is within section 13(1)(g) only if the harbour

facilities will (when extended) be capable of handling the embarkation or

disembarkation of at least the relevant quantity of material per year in addition to

their existing capacity.’.

James Duddridge

81

Clause  20,  page  10,  line  27,  leave out ‘500,000’ and insert ‘250,000’.

James Duddridge

82

Clause  20,  page  10,  line  28,  leave out ‘250,000’ and insert ‘150,000’.

Mr Clive Betts

83

Clause  37,  page  18,  line  19,  after ‘London,’, insert—

‘(ca)

the relevant passenger transport authority or authorities in cases where

the proposed application would have impacts on the provision of

transport in their area or areas,’.

Mr Clive Betts

84

Clause  50,  page  25,  line  33,  after ‘London,’, insert—

‘(ca)

the relevant passenger transport authority or authorities in cases where

the proposed application would have impacts on the provision of

transport in their area or areas,’.

Mr Clive Betts

85

Clause  66,  page  32,  line  40,  leave out from beginning to first ‘the’ in line 3 on page

33.

Mr Clive Betts

86

Page  33,  line  16,  leave out Clause 67.

Mr Clive Betts

87

Clause  18,  page  9,  leave out line 43.

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Planning Bill, continued

Mr Clive Betts

88

Clause  85,  page  39,  line  25,  at end insert ‘but where a local planning authority

requests that a party be cross-examinied, the Examining Authority will be obliged to grant

the request;’.

Mr Clive Betts

89

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  21,  leave out subsections (3) to (5).

Mr Clive Betts

90

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  10,  leave out first ‘such’.

Mr Clive Betts

91

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  10,  leave out second ‘such’.

Mr Clive Betts

92

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  11,  leave out ‘as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate’.

Mr Clive Betts

93

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  13,  leave out ‘subsections (4) and (5)’ and insert ‘subsection

(4)’.

Mr Clive Betts

94

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(za)

options seriously entertained by the Secretary of State as contributing to

a draft or amended statement for the purposes of this Act.’.

Mr Clive Betts

95

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  20,  leave out subsection (5).

John Healey

96

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  9,  leave out ‘storage of gas’ and insert ‘gas storage

facilities’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on the changes made by amendments 115, 117, 119 and 120 to the

types of gas storage project that are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

97

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(ca)

the construction or alteration of an LNG facility;

(cb)	the construction or alteration of a gas reception facility;’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (together with NC1 and NC2) adds the development of certain types of gas facility

to the categories of nationally significant infrastructure projects.

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Planning Bill, continued

John Healey

98

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  11,  leave out ‘the construction of a highway’ and insert

‘highway-related development’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (together with amendment 124) changes the types of highway development which

are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

99

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  12,  leave out ‘extension’ and insert ‘alteration’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (together with amendment 125) changes the types of airport development which

are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

100

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  13,  leave out ‘extension’ and insert ‘alteration’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (together with amendments 126 and 128) changes the types of harbour develop­

ment which are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

101

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  15,  after ‘construction’ insert ‘or alteration’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (together with amendments 131 and 132) expands the types of rail freight inter­

change development which are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

102

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  16,  leave out ‘extension’ and insert ‘alteration’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (together with amendments 134, 135 and 136) changes the types of dam or reser­

voir development which are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

103

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  18,  after ‘construction’ insert ‘or alteration’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (together with amendment 140) expands the types of waste water treatment plant

development which are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

104

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  19,  after ‘construction’ insert ‘or alteration’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (together with amendment 142) expands the types of hazardous waste develop­

ment which are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

105

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  28,  after ‘if’ insert ‘— (a)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

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This amendment (together with amendments 106, 107 and 108) enables the Secretary of State to

add certain offshore developments to the categories of nationally significant infrastructure

projects.

John Healey

106

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  29,  leave out ‘England in the field of—’ and insert ‘one or

more of the fields specified in subsection (6), and

(b)	the works are to be carried out wholly in one or more of the areas

specified in subsection (7).

(6)	The fields are—’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 105.

John Healey

107

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out ‘or’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 105.

John Healey

108

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(7)	The areas are—

(a)

England;

(b)	waters adjacent to England up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea;

(c)	in the case of a project for the carrying out of works in the field of energy,

a Renewable Energy Zone, except any part of a Renewable Energy Zone

in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 105.

John Healey

109

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  38,  leave out ‘will’ and insert ‘is expected to’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment makes a minor technical amendment to address the fact that, before a generating

station is constructed or extended, it may not be possible to say with certainty what its capacity

will be.

John Healey

110

Clause  14,  page  8,  line  8,  leave out ‘between the mean low water mark and’ and

insert ‘up to’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment ensures that a generating station is an “offshore” generating station (and so sub­

ject to a higher capacity threshold for being a nationally significant infrastructure project) even if

it is situated in waters that are above the mean low water mark.

John Healey

111

Clause  15,  page  8,  line  23,  leave out ‘not exceeding’ and insert ‘that is not expected

to exceed’.

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Planning Bill, continued

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment makes a minor technical amendment to address the fact that, before an electric

line is installed, it may not be possible to say with certainty what its nominal voltage will be.

John Healey

112

Clause  15,  page  8,  line  23,  leave out ‘used or’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment and amendment 113 make minor technical amendments to address the fact that,

before an electric line is installed, it will not have been used and will not be within premises.

John Healey

113

Clause  15,  page  8,  line  25,  leave out ‘the line is or (when installed)’ and insert

‘(when installed) the line’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 112.

John Healey

114

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  30,  leave out ‘storage of gas’ and insert ‘gas storage

facilities’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment and amendments 116, 118 and 121 are minor drafting amendments consequent

on the changes made by amendments 115, 117, 119 and 120 to the types of gas storage project that

are nationally significant infrastructure projects.

John Healey

115

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  31,  leave out ‘or (3)’ and insert ‘, (3) or (3B)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment (with amendments 117, 119 and 120) changes the types of gas storage project

which are nationally significant infrastructure projects. Thresholds consisting of a specified work­

ing capacity and maximum flow rate are added. The alteration of facilities is covered as well as

their initial creation or use.

John Healey

116

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  33,  leave out ‘facilities for the underground storage of gas’

and insert ‘underground gas storage facilities’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 114.

John Healey

117

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  35,  leave out from ‘use’ to end and insert ‘underground gas

storage facilities in England,

and the condition in subsection (3A) is met in relation to the facilities.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 115.

John Healey

118

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  37,  leave out from ‘use’ to end of line 38 and insert

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‘underground gas storage facilities in Wales,

(aa)	the facilities are facilities for the storage of gas underground in natural

porous strata,’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 114.

John Healey

119

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  39,  after ‘transporter’ insert ‘, and

(c)	the condition in subsection (3A) is met in relation to the facilities.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 115.

John Healey

120

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

The condition is that—

(a)	the working capacity of the facilities is expected to be at least 43 million

standard cubic metres, or

(b)	the maximum flow rate of the facilities is expected to be at least 4.5

million standard cubic metres per day.

(3B)	Development is within this subsection if—

(a)	it is the carrying out of operations for the purpose of altering underground

gas storage facilities in England, and

(b)	the effect of the alteration is expected to be—

(i)	to increase by at least 43 million standard cubic metres the

working capacity of the facilities, or

(ii)	to increase by at least 4.5 million standard cubic metres per day

the maximum flow rate of the facilities.

(3C)	“Underground gas storage facilities” means facilities for the storage of gas

underground in cavities or in porous strata.

(3D)	In this section—

“gas transporter” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 (see

section 7(1) of that Act);

“maximum flow rate”, in relation to underground gas storage facilities,

means the maximum rate at which gas is able to flow out of the facilities,

on the assumption that—

(a)	the facilities are filled to maximum capacity, and

(b)	the rate is measured after any processing of gas required on its

recovery from storage;

“working capacity”, in relation to underground gas storage facilities, means

the capacity of the facilities for storage of gas underground, ignoring any

capacity for storage of cushion gas.

(3E)	In subsection (3D) “cushion gas” means gas which is kept in underground gas

storage facilities for the purpose of enabling other gas stored there to be recovered

from storage.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member's explanatory statement for amendment 115.

John Healey

121

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  40,  leave out subsection (4).

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