Clause 35
Planning Bill
6:15 pm
Bob Neill (Shadow Minister, Communities and Local Government; Bromley and Chislehurst, Conservative)
I spoke too soon, as I had forgotten about amendment No. 261 and apologise for disappointing hon. Members. I shall try to make up for it by being brief.
The purpose of the amendment is to tease out from the Minister a little more of the reasoning behind setting up a special regime to apply to the Crown in relation to the applications under clause 35, as it is not entirely clear to us. We appreciate that the Crown occasionally has difficult situations, but would like some explanations for that special procedure. Under what circumstances will applications be made by the Crown, and what kind of difficulties could arise as a result of the Crown being subject to the law?