Clause 13
Planning Bill
10:45 am
Jim Fitzpatrick (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Poplar and Canning Town, Labour)
I take note of the points made by the hon. Lady and will deal with them as we go through the Bill. We have provided a list, which shows where we expect to be.
Clauses 27 and 29 and the Government amendments specify the different consent regimes that will be disapplied, but only in respect of nationally significant infrastructure projects and within the context of the devolution settlements. We will discuss the matter under part 4 of the Bill.
We are retaining existing regimes in some areas because they are needed for infrastructure projects that are not nationally significant and would be appropriate to be applied by the relevant Administration or devolved Administration. The Bill clearly sets out the projects that are over the thresholds required for the new regime, as the hon. Lady will see when we come to the subsequent Government amendments and to parts 3 and 4 of the Bill.