Clause 26
10:45 am
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall, Liberal Democrat)
I understand absolutely that the guidance needs a statutory force to have any real value. I am interested in what may happen in the future, should the guidance be changed based on the experience of processes that have been taken up in some parts of the country where schemes have been successful or otherwise. What provision is there for schemes that have reached the prospectus stage or have got part of the way through the process, so that a great deal of work has been done based on guidance that has then been altered? Are there safeguards to help those in that position? I am thinking of local authorities that have drawn up costings and a prospectus based on guidance that may have subsequently been changed. Is there a cut-off so that their projects can go forward under the guidance that applied before such changes came into force?