New Clause 28 - Development control
Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill
10:30 am
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 33—Planning permission for increasing the floor area of large shops—
'After section 57 (Planning Permission required for Development) of the principal Act there is inserted the following section—
''57A Planning Permission for increase the Floor area of Large Shops
(1) Planning permission is required for works which increase by more than the specified amount the area of large shops.
(2) Permission given by a local planning authority for such works may be conditional upon all or a proportion of the additional area being devoted to the sale of local produce.
(3) In this section
(a) 'large shops' has the same meaning as in the Shops Act 1994;
(b) 'the specified amount' means 25 per cent, or increases which aggregate to 25 per cent, of the area available for retailing for which permission has been granted;
(c) 'local produce' has such meaning as the local planning authority shall determine.''.'.