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Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008
222

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Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Tom Brake

Dan Rogerson

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

23

Clause  84,  page  39,  line  12,  at end insert ‘and to cross-examine witnesses’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

272

Clause  84,  page  39,  line  12,  at end add ‘and to call and to cross-examine

witnesses’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment allows a person at the open-floor hearings to call and cross-examine witnesses.

Dan Rogerson

319

Clause  84,  page  39,  line  12,  at end add—

‘(4)
Any deadline fixed under subsection (1) shall not be less than 56 days after the

day on which the date of the open-floor hearing is announced.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Tom Brake

Dan Rogerson

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

24

Clause  85,  page  39,  line  23,  leave out from beginning to second ‘the’ in line 24.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

273

Clause  85,  page  39,  leave out lines 23 to 25.

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;’.

Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008
223

Planning Bill, continued

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Tom Brake

Dan Rogerson

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

25

Clause  85,  page  39,  line  39,  leave out subsection (7).

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

274

Clause  85,  page  39,  line  43,  leave out ‘exceptionally’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

275

Clause  85,  page  39,  line  44,  leave out ‘necessary’ and insert ‘appropriate’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

276

Clause  87,  page  40,  line  45,  at end insert ‘and’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

277

Clause  87,  page  41,  line  3,  leave out from ‘application’ to end of line 5.

Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008
224

Planning Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

320

Page  42,  line  8,  leave out Clause 91.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

278

Clause  92,  page  42,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘(aa)
the person has an interest in land to which the application relates,’.

Dan Rogerson

321

Clause  92,  page  42,  line  21,  leave out ‘or’.

Dan Rogerson

322

Clause  92,  page  42,  line  22,  at end insert—

‘(f)
the person is a relevant parish council,

(g)
the person is a relevant community council in Wales, or

(h)
the person is a relevant community council in Scotland.’.

John Healey

151

Clause  92,  page  43,  line  4,  leave out ‘district council’ and insert ‘county council, or

district council,’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is that all county councils are “interested parties” for the purposes

of Chapter 4 of Part 6, including those which are not unitary authorities.

John Healey

152

Clause  92,  page  43,  leave out lines 5 and 6.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 151.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

279

Clause  92,  page  43,  line  9,  at end insert—

Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008
225

Planning Bill, continued

‘(ea)
a parish or town council in England, or a community council in Wales,’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

210

Clause  93,  page  43,  line  20,  leave out ‘66(2)’ and insert ‘66(1A) or (2)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

Consequential on amendments to Clauses 66, 75 and 77.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

211

Clause  93,  page  43,  line  22,  leave out ‘section 75(2)(b)’ and insert ‘sections

75(2)(b) or 77(1A)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

Consequential on amendments to Clauses 66, 75 and 77.

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

56

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(d)
the desirability of contributing to the mitigation of, and adaptation to,

climate change.’.

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

59

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(ba)
whether the development is consistent with the principles of sustainable

development,’.

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

64

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(ba)
its duty to act in accordance with the principle of sustainable

development,’.

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

65

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  37,  at end insert—

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‘(ba)
local authority planning policy statements,’.

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

66

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(ba)
any representations made by the Environment Agency,’.

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

67

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(ba)
any representations made by the Countryside Council for Wales,’.

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

68

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(ba)
any representations made by Natural England,’.

Mr Clive Betts

330

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(ba)
any relevant content of a national planning framework or national spatial

strategy prepared for Sctotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, where the

subject matter of the application or order will affect land in Scotland,

Wales or Northern Ireland,

(bb)
any relevant content of planning policy statements prepared to support

decision-making under the Planning Acts,

(bc)
any relevant content of the development plan made under the Planning

Acts,

(bd)
any statement of impacts and mitigation prepared under section (Duty to

identify and mitigate adverse impacts),’.

Mr Clive Betts

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

331

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  39,  leave out from ‘other’ to end of line 40 and insert

‘material considerations’.

Dan Rogerson

323

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(d)
whether the proposal is consistent with the principles set out in the local

authority’s local development documents (as defined under section 17 of

the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, (c. 5)),

(e)
the likely impact of the proposal on communities within the relevant local

authority area,

(f)
whether the proposal meets with the approval of persons residing in the

relevant local authority area,

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227

Planning Bill, continued

(g)
any other matter which the relevant planning authority considers

appropriate.

(2A)
A local authority area is relevant under subsection (2) if any location specified in

the application is situated in the local authority area, or is in a geographically

adjacent local authority area.’.

Mr Clive Betts

332

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
The Secretary of State may by order prescribe that a consideration is not material

for the purpose of decisions made on a particular application or order or on a

classs of applications or orders.’.

Mr Clive Betts

333

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  41,  after ‘application’, insert ‘generally’.

Mr Clive Betts

334

Clause  94,  page  44,  line  2,  after ‘application’, insert ‘generally’.

Mr Clive Betts

335

Clause  94,  page  44,  line  6,  after ‘application’, insert ‘generally’.

Mr Clive Betts

336

Clause  94,  page  44,  line  10,  after ‘application’, insert ‘generally’.

Mr Clive Betts

337

Clause  94,  page  44,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(6A)
This subsection applies if the Panel or Council is satisfied that deciding the

application generally in accordance with any relevant national policy statement

would lead to unduly adverse impacts, where the Panel or Council is satisfied that

these impacts have not been reasonably and sufficiently managed.’.

Mr Clive Betts

338

Clause  95,  page  44,  line  22,  after ‘relates’, insert—

‘(aa)
any relevant content of a national planning framework or national spatial

strategy prepared for Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, (where the

subject matter of the application or order will affect land in Scotland,

Wales or Northern Ireland),

(ab)
any relevant content of planning policy statements prepared to support

decision making under the Planning Acts,

(ac)
any relevant content of the development plan made under the Planning

Acts,

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228

Planning Bill, continued

(ad)
any statement of impacts and mitigation prepared under section (Duty to

identify and mitigate adverse impacts),’.

Mr Clive Betts

339

Clause  95,  page  44,  line  23,  leave out from ‘other’ to end of line 24 and add

‘material considerations’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

228

Page  44,  line  35,  leave out Clause 97.

Member’s explanatory statement

To remove the right of the Secretary of State to suspend the decision-making process of the

independent Commission, pending review of a National Policy Statement(s).

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

70

Clause  98,  page  45,  line  20,  at end insert ‘or global climate change’.

Dan Rogerson

325

Clause  98,  page  45,  line  30,  leave out ‘and’.

Dan Rogerson

324

Clause  98,  page  45,  line  32,  at end insert ‘and

(f)
if the national policy statement was given effect during the course of a

previous Parliament.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

26

Clause  105,  page  49,  leave out lines 26 to 29.