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Public Bill Committee: 15th January 2008                

153

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

35

 

Clause  156,  page  83,  line  40,  leave out from beginning to end of line 1 on page 84.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

36

 

Page  88,  line  6,  leave out Clause 160.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

237

 

Page  124,  line  35,  leave out Schedule 5.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

238

 

Page  92,  line  29,  leave out Clauses 163 to 172.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

37

 

Clause  164,  page  93,  line  17,  leave out from ‘London’ to end of line 18.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 15th January 2008                

154

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

38

 

Clause  166,  page  94,  leave out lines 22 to 24.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

261

 

Clause  173,  page  97,  line  20,  leave out ‘35’.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

39

 

Clause  179,  page  101,  line  1,  after ‘section’, insert ‘1(4), 47(1)’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

46

 

Clause  179,  page  101,  line  1,  after ‘section’, insert ‘1(4),’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

47

 

Clause  179,  page  101,  line  1,  after ‘section’, insert ‘47(1),’.

 


 

John Healey

 

153

 

Clause  182,  page  101,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘“alteration”, in relation to an airport, must be read in accordance with

 

section 19(5);’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This drafting amendment is needed in consequence of amendment 125.

 

John Healey

 

154

 

Clause  182,  page  101,  leave out lines 43 and 44.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This drafting amendment is needed in consequence of amendment 125.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 15th January 2008                

155

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

John Healey

 

155

 

Clause  182,  page  102,  line  1,  at end insert—

 

‘“gas reception facility” must be read in accordance with section [gas

 

reception facilities] (2);’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This drafting amendment is needed in consequence of amendment NC2.

 

John Healey

 

156

 

Clause  182,  page  102,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘“LNG facility” must be read in accordance with section [LNG facilities]

 

(3);’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This drafting amendment is needed in consequence of New Clause 1.

 

John Healey

 

157

 

Clause  182,  page  102,  line  50,  at end insert—

 

‘“standard”, in relation to a volume of gas, means the volume of gas at a

 

pressure of 101.325 kiloPascals and a temperature of 273 Kelvin;’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is needed in consequence of amendments 120 , New Clauses 1 and 2.

 

John Healey

 

158

 

Clause  182,  page  103,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘“underground gas storage facilities” must be read in accordance with

 

section 16(5);’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This drafting amendment is needed in consequence of amendment 120.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

217

 

Schedule  6,  page  129,  line  4,  column  2,  at beginning insert ‘Section 74(1)(b)’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The amendment repeals section 74(1)(b) of the TCPA which enables the Secretary of State to direct

 

that planning permission can be granted inconsistently with the development plan.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 15th January 2008                

156

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

218

 

Schedule  6,  page  129,  line  4,  column  2,  at beginning insert ‘Section 101’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The revocation of Section 101 and Schedule 8 remove the power for the Secretary of State to

 

appoint a Planning Inquiry Commission to inquire into proposed development.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

219

 

Schedule  6,  page  129,  line  10,  column  2,  at beginning insert ‘Schedule 8’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See explanatory statement for amendment 218.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

220

 

Schedule  6,  page  129,  line  8,  at end insert ‘Section 302’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

Section 302 and Schedule 15 relate to enforcement against breaches of planning control carried

 

out during the Second World War.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

221

 

Schedule  6,  page  129,  line  10,  at end insert ‘Schedule 15’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See explanatory statement for amendment 220.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 15th January 2008                

157

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

222

 

Schedule  6,  page  129,  line  20,  at end insert—

  

‘Section 43(1) in so far as it relates to section 70B of

 
  

the TCPA, 43(2), 43(3) in so far as it relates to

 
  

section 81B of the Listed Buildings Act, and 43(4)

 
  

in so far as it relates to section 81B.

 
  

Sections 45 to 48.

 
  

Section 50.’.

 
 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The amendment repeals various development control provisions in the Planning and Compulsory

 

Purchase Act 2004 which have not been brought into force: section 45 (amendments to simplified

 

planning zones), sections 46-48 (planning contributions) and section 50 (dual jurisdiction in

 

appeals).

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

223

 

Schedule  6,  page  129,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘Planning-gain Supplement

The whole Act.’.

 
 

(Preparations) Act 2007 (c. 2)

  
 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment repeals the Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Act 2007.

 


 

John Healey

 

159

 

Clause  187,  page  105,  line  15,  leave out ‘16’ and insert ‘[Gas reception facilities]’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is needed in consequence of New Clause 2.

 


 

Mr John Leech

 

Susan Kramer

 

48

 

Clause  189,  page  106,  line  20,  after ‘Planning’, insert ‘(Additional Runways and


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 15th January 2008                

158

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Nuclear Power Stations)’.

 


 

NEW CLAUSES

 

LNG facilities

 

John Healey

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The construction of an LNG facility is within section 13(1)(ca) only if (when

 

constructed) the facility will be in England and—

 

(a)    

the storage capacity of the facility is expected to be at least 43 million

 

standard cubic metres, or

 

(b)    

the maximum flow rate of the facility is expected to be at least 4.5 million

 

standard cubic metres per day.

 

(2)    

The alteration of an LNG facility is within section 13(1)(ca) only if the facility is

 

in England and the effect of the alteration is expected to be—

 

(a)    

to increase by at least 43 million standard cubic metres the storage

 

capacity of the facility, or

 

(b)    

to increase by at least 4.5 million standard cubic metres per day the

 

maximum flow rate of the facility.

 

(3)    

“LNG facility” means a facility for—

 

(a)    

the reception of liquid natural gas from outside England,

 

(b)    

the storage of liquid natural gas, and

 

(c)    

the regasification of liquid natural gas.

 

(4)    

In this section—

 

“maximum flow rate”, in relation to a facility, means the maximum rate at

 

which gas is able to flow out of the facility, on the assumption that—

 

(e)    

the facility is filled to maximum capacity, and

 

(f)    

the rate is measured after regasification of the liquid natural gas

 

and any other processing required on the recovery of the gas

 

from storage;

 

“storage capacity” means the capacity of the facility for storage of liquid

 

natural gas.

 

(5)    

The storage capacity of an LNG facility is to be measured as if the gas were stored

 

in regasified form.’.

 

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This new clause sets out the circumstances in which construction or alteration of an LNG facility

 

(as defined in subsection (3)) will be a nationally significant infrastructure project.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 15th January 2008                

159

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Gas reception facilities

 

John Healey

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The construction of a gas reception facility is within section 13(1)(cb) only if

 

(when constructed)—

 

(a)    

the facility will be in England and will be within subsection (4), and

 

(b)    

the maximum flow rate of the facility is expected to be at least 4.5 million

 

standard cubic metres per day.

 

(2)    

The alteration of a gas reception facility is within section 13(1)(cb) only if—

 

(a)    

the facility is in England and is within subsection (4), and

 

(b)    

the effect of the alteration is expected to be to increase by at least 4.5

 

million standard cubic metres per day the maximum flow rate of the

 

facility.

 

(3)    

“Gas reception facility” means a facility for—

 

(a)    

the reception of natural gas in gaseous form from outside England, and

 

(b)    

the handling of natural gas (other than its storage).

 

(4)    

A gas reception facility is within this subsection if—

 

(a)    

the gas handled by the facility does not originate in England, Wales or

 

Scotland,

 

(b)    

the gas does not arrive at the facility from Scotland or Wales, and

 

(c)    

the gas has not already been handled at another facility after its arrival in

 

England.

 

(5)    

“Maximum flow rate” means the maximum rate at which gas is able to flow out

 

of the facility.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This new clause sets out the circumstances in which construction or alteration of a gas reception

 

facility (as defined in subsection (3)) will be a nationally significant infrastructure project.

 


 

Highways

 

John Healey

 

nc7

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Highway-related development is within section 13(1)(e) only if—

 

(a)    

it is the construction of a highway in a case within subsection (2) or (6),

 

(b)    

it is the improvement of a highway in a case within subsection (3) or (5),

 

or

 

(c)    

it is the alteration of a highway in a case within subsection (5).

 

(2)    

Construction of a highway is within this subsection if—

 

(a)    

the construction is to take place outside the boundary of an existing

 

highway,

 

(b)    

the highway will (when constructed) be wholly in England,

 

(c)    

the Secretary of State will be the highway authority for the highway, and


 
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