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| | | Microgeneration: dwellinghouses |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must amend the Town and Country Planning (General |
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| | | Permitted Development) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/418) (the “GPDO”), in relation to |
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| | | England, to provide for the grant of planning permission for specified classes of |
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| | | equipment for microgeneration on, or within the curtilage of, a dwellinghouse. |
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5 | | (2) | The classes of equipment for microgeneration specified by virtue of subsection |
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| | | (1) must be or include wind turbines and air source heat pumps. |
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| | | (3) | “Specified” in subsections (1) and (2) means specified in the GPDO. |
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| | | (4) | The amendment mentioned in subsection (1) must be made within 6 months |
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| | | beginning with the coming into force of this Act. |
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10 | | (5) | Provision by virtue of subsection (1) may grant planning permission subject to |
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| | | limitations, exceptions or conditions. |
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| | | (6) | The Secretary of State must review the effect of the amendment of the GPDO as |
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| | | soon as reasonably practicable after the end of 2 years beginning with the date on |
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| | | which the amendment comes into force. |
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15 | | (7) | In this section “microgeneration” has the meaning given by section 82 of the |
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| | | This clause, intended to replace clause 5 of the Bill, requires amendments to the GPDO to grant |
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| | | permitted development rights for wind turbines and air source heat pumps within 6 months of the |
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| | | Bill’s coming into force. It also requires a review of these amendments after 2 years. |
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| | | As an Amendment to Joan Ruddock’s proposed New Clause (Microgeneration: |
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| | Line 6, after subsection (2), insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | The Secretary of State must, within two years of the coming into force of this |
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| | | section, bring forward proposals to introduce micro-hydro power, to be included |
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| | | Microgeneration: non-domestic land |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must consider amending the GPDO for the purpose of |
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| | | facilitating the installation of equipment for microgeneration on non-domestic |
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| | | (2) | In subsection (1) “non-domestic land” means buildings, or other land, other than |
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5 | | a dwellinghouse or land within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse. |
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| | | (3) | Consideration under subsection (1) must begin within 6 months beginning with |
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| | | the coming into force of this Act. |
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| | | (4) | The Secretary of State must, as soon as reasonably practicable, lay a report before |
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| | | Parliament setting out the outcome of the consideration under subsection (1). |
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10 | | (5) | In considering what, if any, amendments should be made to the GPDO, the |
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| | | (a) | must have regard to the results of any relevant consultation which has |
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| | | been carried out by the Secretary of State in relation to the GPDO; and |
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| | | (b) | may carry out further consultation if the Secretary of State thinks it |
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| | | (6) | In this section “microgeneration” has the same meaning as in section |
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| | | [Microgeneration: dwellinghouses].’. |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | This clause, intended to replace clause 4 of the Bill, requires the Secretary of State to consider |
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| | | amending the GPDO to grant permitted development rights for microgeneration equipment on |
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| | | non-domestic land. The amendment requires the Secretary of State to take account of earlier con |
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| | | sultations and also enables further consultation. |
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| | | As an Amendment to Joan Ruddock’s proposed New Clause (Microgeneration: non- |
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| | Line 15, after subsection (5), insert— |
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| | | ‘(5A) | For the purposes of subsection (5), any consultation undertaken before the day on |
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| | | which this Act is passed is as effective as it would have been if undertaken after |
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