Schedule 1 - Local development orders: procedure
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill
4:15 pm
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet, Conservative)
I support what my hon. Friend the Member for Spelthorne said. We discussed such a provision in a previous debate, and it is important to hold reviews and specify when they are to take place. The period would be calculated not from when the authority last held a review but from when the order was approved. I would stick with a period of five years, and the local planning authority should
review its order within that time to see what changes should be made to bring it up to date.
I would not describe the proposal as a sunset clause; it is anything but. As I understand it, a sunset clause means that legislation ceases to have effect after a certain period. None the less, I understand what the hon. Member for Ludlow says, and I fully support the amendment.