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House of Commons

Wednesday 20th February 2008

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Planning and Energy Bill

[first Sitting]

Mr Michael Fallon

That if proceedings on the Planning and Energy Bill are not completed at this day’s

sitting, the Committee do meet on Wednesday 27th February at quarter-past nine o’clock

and half-past two o’clock, and thereafter at the same times on Wednesdays when the

House is sitting.

Agreed to

Mr Michael Fallon

Not selected  1

Page  1,  line  1,  leave out Clause 1.

Clause Disagreed to.

Mr Michael Fallon

Agreed to  2

Clause  2,  page  1,  leave out lines 15 and 16.

Mr Michael Fallon

Agreed to  3

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  17,  after ‘in’ insert ‘Part 2 of’.

Mr Michael Fallon

Agreed to  4

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  21,  leave out subsection (2).

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 3 Agreed to.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th February 2008
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Planning and Energy Bill, continued

Energy policies

Mr Michael Fallon

Added  NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
A local planning authority in England may in their development plan documents,

and a local planning authority in Wales may in their local development plan,

include policies imposing reasonable requirements for—

(a)
a proportion of energy used in development in their area to be energy

from renewable sources in the locality of the development;

(b)
a proportion of energy used in development in their area to be low carbon

energy from sources in the locality of the development;

(c)
development in their area to comply with energy efficiency standards that

exceed the energy requirements of building regulations.

(2)
In subsection (1)(c)—

“energy efficiency standards” means standards for the purpose of furthering

energy efficiency that are—

(a)
set out or referred to in regulations made by the appropriate

national authority, or

(b)
set out or endorsed in national policies or guidance issued by the

appropriate national authority;

“energy requirements”, in relation to building regulations, means

requirements of building regulations in respect of energy performance or

conservation of fuel and power.

(3)
In subsection (2) “appropriate national authority” means—

(a)
the Secretary of State, in the case of a local planning authority in

England;

(b)
the Welsh Ministers, in the case of a local planning authority in Wales.

(4)
The power conferred by subsection (1) has effect subject to subsections (5) to (7)

and to—

(a)
section 19 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, in the

case of a local planning authority in England;

(b)
section 62 of that Act, in the case of a local planning authority in Wales.

(5)
Policies included in development plan documents by virtue of subsection (1) must

not be inconsistent with relevant national policies for England.

(6)
Policies included in a local development plan by virtue of subsection (1) must not

be inconsistent with relevant national policies for Wales.

(7)
Relevant national policies are—

(a)
national policies relating to energy from renewable sources, in the case

of policies included by virtue of subsection (1)(a);

(b)
national policies relating to low carbon energy, in the case of policies

included by virtue of subsection (1)(b);

(c)
national policies relating to furthering energy efficiency, in the case of

policies included by virtue of subsection (1)(c).’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20th February 2008
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Planning and Energy Bill, continued

Mr Michael Fallon

Agreed to  5

Title,  line  1,  leave out ‘generation’ and insert ‘use’.

Bill, as amended, to be reported.