– in the House of Commons on 9 June 2025.
Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee [Relevant documents: Oral evidence taken before the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on 29 April, on the...
“(1) In section 89 of the Planning Act 2008 (Examining authority’s decisions about how application is to be examined), in subsection (1), after ‘light of’ insert...
“No permission may be granted for the building or installation of provision for solar power generation where the development would involve— (a) the building on or development of...
“(1) The Secretary of State must, within six months of the passing of this Act, issue guidance for local planning authorities, or update any relevant existing guidance, relating to the...
Amendment made: 93, page 47, line 37, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert— “(3) In section 326 (revocation and variation of schemes and orders)— (a) in subsection...
Amendments made: 94, page 54, line 22, leave out from beginning to end of line 19 on page 55 and insert— “(1) An order of the Secretary of State under section 1 or 3 may include...
Amendment proposed: 15, page 72, line 29, at end insert— “(2A) A spatial development strategy must have regard to the need to provide 150,000 new social homes nationally a...
Amendment made: 99, page 92, line 36, at end insert “and (2A)”.—(Matthew Pennycook.) This amendment is consequential on Amendment 100. Amendment proposed: 69, page 93, line 8,...
Amendments made: 100, page 93, line 19, at end insert— “(2A) In preparing an EDP that specifies as the development area an area that includes waters adjacent to England (see section...
Amendments made: 103, page 94, line 2, at end insert— “(ca) any local highway authority for an area that is wholly or partly within the development area, (cb) any strategic highways...
Amendment made: 106, page 98, line 26, leave out “before the end of” and insert “during”.—(Matthew Pennycook.) This amendment clarifies that a challenge to an EDP...
Amendments made: 107, page 100, line 3, leave out “or the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981” and insert “, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 or the Marine and Coastal Access...
Amendments made: 115, page 118, line 40, at end insert— “(d) a condition that may be attached to a marine licence under section 71(1)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, or...
Amendments made: 109, page 162, line 17, at end insert— “Protected sites: marine conservation zones 2A (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where— (a) an environmental feature...
Amendments made: 112, page 177, line 13, after “55” insert “(1)”. This amendment corrects a minor drafting error so as to match the cross-reference in the new paragraph...