Clause 37
Planning Bill
6:30 pm
John Butterfill (Bournemouth West, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 12, in clause 37, page 18, line 22, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.
No. 168, in clause 38, page 18, line 39, leave out ‘or’.
No. 169, in clause 38, page 19, line 2, at end add—
‘(h) a parish council,
(i) a community council in Wales, or
(j) a community council in Scotland.’.
No. 63, in clause 42, page 20, line 8, at end add
‘and those who might be significantly affected by the development’.
Government amendments Nos. 357 to 359
No. 174, in clause 42, page 20, line 21, leave out subsection (5) and insert—
‘(5) The Commission must commission an independent third party (“third party”) to undertake such community engagement in relation to an application for development as the relevant local planning authority considers appropriate within a set period (“the community engagement period”) of not more than six months.
(6) The third party shall be required to publish a report (“the community engagement report”) on its work within 14 days of the end of the community engagement period.
(7) The community engagement report will publish responses from interested parties, including but not limited to those defined as Categories 1, 2 and 3 in section 39.
(8) The applicant must within three months of the publication of the community engagement report publish a response to indicate its intentions to change the application.
(9) The application for development consent may not make progress until such time as the applicant has complied with subsection (8).
(10) If the applicant has not complied with subsection (8) after a period of six months the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.’.
No. 15, in clause 50, page 25, line 29, at end insert
‘and who must include persons consulted under section 37(1)(a)’.
No. 297, in clause 80, page 37, line 30, leave out ‘and’.
No. 298, in clause 80, page 37, line 31, at end insert—
‘(c) an independent third party (“the third party”) who shall undertake community engagement as set out in subsection (7), and
(d) senior officers and councillors of the relevant local planning authorities,’.
No. 321, in clause 92, page 42, line 21, leave out ‘or’.
No. 322, in clause 92, page 42, line 22, at end insert—
‘(f) the person is a relevant parish council,
(g) the person is a relevant community council in Wales, or
(h) the person is a relevant community council in Scotland.’.
No. 279, in clause 92, page 43, line 9, at end insert—
‘(ea) a parish or town council in England, or a community council in Wales,’.