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Public Bill Committee: 24th January 2008
368

Planning Bill, continued

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

27

Clause  130,  page  60,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The measuring and marking out of land shall not constitute development for the

purposes of this section.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

420

Clause  132,  page  61,  line  28,  leave out paragraph (a).

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

28

Clause  133,  page  61,  line  37,  at end insert ‘provided that 24 hours notice of the

intended entry has been given to the occupier of land.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

29

Clause  133,  page  61,  leave out lines 38 to 40.

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

405

Clause  134,  page  62,  line  16,  leave out ‘a reasonable period’ and insert ‘14 days’,

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

406

Page  63,  line  1,  leave out Clause 136.

Public Bill Committee: 24th January 2008
369

Planning Bill, continued

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

421

Clause  143,  page  66,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(za)
in subsection (1) delete the words “interested in land in the area of a local

planning authority”;’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

427

Clause  146,  page  70,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(6A)
After section 37 insert—

“37A
Primacy of national policy statements

National policy statements shall take precedence of all other planning

documents or planning guidance.”’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

422

Clause  150,  page  73,  line  31,  leave out from beginning to end of line 15 on page 74.

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

407

Clause  150,  page  74,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(h)
about the fee to be payable to the local planning authority.’.

Public Bill Committee: 24th January 2008
370

Planning Bill, continued

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

428

Clause  150,  page  74,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(7)
A local planning authority may arrange for the discharge of their functions under

this section by a panel of elected members drawn from other local planning

authorities.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

423

Clause  151,  page  76,  line  45,  leave out from beginning to end of line 27 on page 77.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

415

Clause  155,  page  83,  line  20,  after second ‘development’, insert ‘within the

curtilage of a dwellinghouse’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

30

Clause  156,  page  83,  line  33,  after ‘may’, insert ‘on the request of a person

interested in any of the land to which the permission relates’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

31

Clause  156,  page  83,  line  34,  leave out ‘relating to land in their area’ and insert ‘for

which they are the local planning authority’.

Public Bill Committee: 24th January 2008
371

Planning Bill, continued

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

32

Clause  156,  page  83,  line  34,  leave out ‘they are satisfied that’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

33

Clause  156,  page  83,  line  36,  leave out ‘a local planning authority must have’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

34

Clause  156,  page  83,  line  37,  after ‘regard’, insert ‘must be had’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

35

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

Alun Michael

439


Clause  157,  page  87,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(7A)
In section 210 (penalties for non-compliance with tree preservation order)—

(a)
for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)
If any person contravenes tree preservation regulations, he shall

be guilty of an offence.

(1A)
In proceedings for an offence under this section, it shall be a

defence to prove the following matters—

(a)
that works to the tree were urgently necessary in the

interests of safety or health or for the preservation of the

tree;

(b)
that it was not practicable to secure safety or health or,

as the case may be, the preservation of the tree by other

means;

(c)
that the works carried out were limited to the minimum

measures immediately necessary; and

(d)
that notice in writing justifying in detail the carrying out

of the works was given to the local planning authority as

soon as reasonably practicable.”, and

(b)
omit subsection (4).’.

Public Bill Committee: 24th January 2008
372

Planning Bill, continued

Alun Michael

440


Schedule  3,  page  121,  line  16,  leave out sub-sub-paragraph (a).

Alun Michael

441


Schedule  3,  page  121,  line  26,  at end insert ‘, and

(c)
in the side-note and the heading above the section for “in conservation

areas” substitute “not subject to tree preservation order”.’.

Alun Michael

442


Schedule  3,  page  121,  line  32,  leave out paragraph 10 and insert—

‘10
In section 213 (duty to plant replacement tree in conservation area)—

(a)
for the words from “at a time” to the end of the paragraph

substitute “at a prescribed time”, and

(b)
in the side-note, for the words after “controls”, substitute

“under section 211”.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

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.

Public Bill Committee: 24th January 2008
373

Planning Bill, continued

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Richard Benyon

James Duddridge

Mr David Curry

425

Clause  162,  page  91,  line  40,  after ‘(2)’, insert ‘Except for an appeal under section

78 of this Act or section 20 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas)

Act 1990 against the failure of a local planning authority to take a planning decision,’.

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.

Mr Clive Betts

437


Clause  164,  page  93,  line  12,  leave out ‘which authority’ and insert ‘that the local

planning authority (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act

1990)’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

37

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

Mr Clive Betts

438


Clause  164,  page  93,  line  19,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Clive Betts

444


Clause  165,  page  93,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(d)
CIL is not payable by incorporated companies whose primary purpose is

the provision and operation of infrastructure and whose profits are

applied solely for that purpose.’.

Public Bill Committee: 24th January 2008
374

Planning Bill, continued

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

38

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

Mr Clive Betts

443


Clause  167,  page  94,  line  35,  after ‘specify’, insert ‘that charging authorities are to

determine’.

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.