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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th January 2008      

62

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

John Healey

 

Agreed to  381

 

Clause  89,  page  41,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

In a case where the Examining authority is required to make a report to the

 

Secretary of State under section 66(2)(b) or 75(2)(b), the Examining authority is

 

under a duty to make its report by the end of the period of 3 months beginning

 

with the day after the deadline for completion of its examination of the

 

application.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 90 Agreed to.

 


 

Dan Rogerson

 

Not selected  320

 

Page  42,  line  8,  leave out Clause 91.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

Withdrawn  278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

 

Not called  321

 

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

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Not called  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

 

Agreed to  382

 

Clause  92,  page  42,  line  27,  leave out from beginning to end of line 32 and insert—

 

‘(4)    

A representation is a relevant representation for the purposes of subsection (1) to

 

the extent that—

 

(a)    

it is a representation about the application,

 

(b)    

it is made to the Commission in the prescribed form and manner,


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th January 2008      

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Planning Bill, continued

 
 

(c)    

it is received by the Commission no later than the deadline that applies

 

under section 50 to the person making it,

 

(d)    

it contains material of a prescribed description, and

 

(e)    

it does not contain—’.

 

John Healey

 

Agreed to  383

 

Clause  92,  page  42,  line  36,  leave out ‘and’ and insert ‘or’.

 

John Healey

 

Agreed to  384

 

Clause  92,  page  42,  line  37,  after ‘is’ insert ‘vexatious or’.

 

John Healey

 

Agreed to  151

 

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

 

district council,’.

 

John Healey

 

Agreed to  152

 

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

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

Not called  279

 

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

 

‘(ea)    

a parish or town council in England, or a community council in Wales,’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

Not called  210

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th January 2008      

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Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Mr Richard Benyon

 

Mr David Curry

 

James Duddridge

 

Not called  211

 

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

 

75(2)(b) or 77(1A)’.

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Not called  396

 

Clause  93,  page  43,  leave out lines 26 to 29 and insert ‘means the Secretary of State.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Dan Rogerson

 

Tom Brake

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not moved  65

 

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

 

‘(ba)    

local authority planning policy statements,’.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  66

 

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

 

‘(ba)    

any representations made by the Environment Agency,’.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  67

 

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

 

‘(ba)    

any representations made by the Countryside Council for Wales,’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th January 2008      

65

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  68

 

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

 

‘(ba)    

any representations made by Natural England,’.

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Withdrawn  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 Scotland, 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

 

Not called  331

 

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

 

‘material considerations’.

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  414

 

Clause  94,  page  43,  line  40,  at end insert ‘including other statements of policy

 

which the Panel or Council thinks are relevant even if they have not been designated as a

 

national policy statement under section 5 of this Act.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Not called  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)),


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th January 2008      

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Planning Bill, continued

 
 

(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,

 

(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

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  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

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  333

 

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

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  334

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th January 2008      

67

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  335

 

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

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  426

 

Clause  94,  page  44,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

This subsection applies if the panel or Council is satisfied that deciding the

 

application in accordance with any relevant national policy statement would be

 

inconsistent with the protection accorded to any site under any enactment or

 

directive.’.

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  336

 

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

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th January 2008      

68

 

Planning Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Robert Neill

 

Mr David Jones

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  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,

 

(ad)    

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

 

Richard Benyon

 

James Duddridge

 

Mr David Curry

 

Not called  339

 

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

 

‘material considerations’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Dan Rogerson

 

Tom Brake

 

Not called  397

 

Clause  96,  page  44,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

John Healey

 

Agreed to  385

 

Clause  96,  page  44,  line  29,  after ‘are’ insert ‘vexatious or’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 



 
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