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Public Bill Committee: 17th January 2008                

222

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

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—


 
 

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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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Planning Bill, continued

 
 

‘(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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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.


 
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