Clause 45
Planning Bill
1:00 pm
Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 20, in clause 79, page 37, line 23, at end add—
‘(4) Subject to subsection (3) above, nothing in this section shall restrict the rights of interested parties to make oral representations or cross-examine witnesses.’.
No. 328, in clause 80, page 37, line 36, at end insert
‘including receiving requests to be heard orally pursuant to section 84.’.
No. 21, in clause 82, page 38, line 19, leave out ‘is to’ and insert ‘may’.
No. 267, in clause 82, page 38, line 20, after ‘written’, insert ‘and oral’.
No. 22, in clause 82, page 38, line 20, at end insert
‘subject to the right of interested parties to make oral representations and cross-examine witnesses.’.
No. 268, in clause 82, page 38, line 20, at end insert
‘and the carrying out of a site visit’.
No. 269, in clause 83, page 38, line 42, after ‘representations’, insert
‘whether personally, or by its counsel, solicitor or agent’.
No. 270, in clause 83, page 38, line 42, at end insert
‘and to call and to cross-examine witnesses’.
No. 271, in clause 84, page 39, line 12, after ‘representations’, insert
‘whether personally, or by its counsel, solicitor or agent’.
No. 23, in clause 84, page 39, line 12, at end insert ‘and to cross-examine witnesses’.
No. 272, in clause 84, page 39, line 12, at end add
‘and to call and to cross-examine witnesses’.
No. 319, in clause 84, page 39, line 12, at end add—
‘(4) Any deadline fixed under subsection (1) shall not be less than 56 days after the day on which the date of the open-floor hearing is announced.’.
No. 24, in clause 85, page 39, line 23, leave out from beginning to second ‘the’ in line 24.
No. 273, in clause 85, page 39, leave out lines 23 to 25.
No. 88, in clause 85, page 39, line 25, at end insert
‘but where a local planning authority requests that a party be cross-examined, the Examining Authority will be obliged to grant the request;’.
No. 25, in clause 85, page 39, line 39, leave out subsection (7).
No. 274, in clause 85, page 39, line 43, leave out ‘exceptionally’.
No. 275, in clause 85, page 39, line 44, leave out ‘necessary’ and insert ‘appropriate’.
No. 276, in clause 87, page 40, line 45, at end insert ‘and’.
No. 277, in clause 87, page 41, line 3, leave out from ‘application’ to end of line 5.