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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Tuesday 22nd January 2008

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

Planning Bill Committee 275-329

Public Bill Committee

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Planning Bill

John Healey

430

Clause  105,  page  50,  line  12,  leave out ‘provision of or made under an Act’ and

insert ‘statutory provision’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 431.

John Healey

431

Clause  105,  page  50,  line  14,  leave out ‘provisions of or made under a local Act’

and insert ‘statutory provisions of local application’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment extends the power to amend legislation in Clause 105(6)(b) to any statutory pro­

vision of local application, rather than just local Acts. This will mean that an order granting de­

velopment consent may amend an order under the Transport and Works Act 1992.

John Healey

432

Clause  105,  page  50,  line  22,  at end insert—

‘(6A)

In subsection (6) “statutory provision” means a provision of an Act or of an

instrument made under an Act.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 431.

John Healey

433

Clause  107,  page  51,  line  20,  leave out ‘need’ and insert ‘case’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment provides for the test applying for the authorisation of the compulsory acquisition

of land to follow the test set out in Circular 06/05 on compulsory purchase and the Crichel Down

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rules, namely, whether there is a compelling case in the public interest.

John Healey

434

Page  58,  line  7,  leave out Clause 119.

Member’s explanatory statement

This clause is to be removed so that a development consent order can grant consent for the oper­

ations described in the clause in respect of any nationally significant infrastructure project, not

just ones involving the underground storage of gas.

John Healey

435

Clause  123,  page  58,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

If an order granting development consent includes provision authorising the

charging of tolls in relation to a proposed highway, the order is treated as a toll

order for the purposes of sections 7 to 18 of the New Roads and Street Works Act

1991.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment provides that an order granting development consent which authorises the charg­

ing of tolls in relation to a proposed highway is to be treated as a toll order for the purposes of

existing legislation.

John Healey

436

Clause  126,  page  60,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(3)	Where an order granting development consent authorises the compulsory

acquisition of land, steps of a prescribed description must be taken in relation to

the compulsory acquisition before the end of—

(a)	the prescribed period, or

(b)	such other period (whether longer or shorter than that prescribed) as is

specified in the order.

(4)	If steps of the prescribed description are not taken before the end of the period

applicable under subsection (3), the authority to compulsorily acquire the land

under the order ceases to have effect.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

The effect of this amendment is that authority to compulsorily purchase land under an order grant­

ing development consent will cease to have effect if steps of a prescribed description are not taken

within the required time.

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)’.

Mr Clive Betts

438

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

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