Planning and Infrastructure Bill

– in the House of Commons on 9 June 2025.

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  • [1st allocated day]

    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...

  • New Clause 69 - Examination of applications for development consent (215 speeches)

    “(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...

  • New Clause 39 - Prohibition of solar development on higher-quality agricultural land (4 speeches)

    “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...

  • New Clause 43 - Protection of villages

    “(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...

  • Clause 31 - Procedure for certain orders and schemes

    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...

  • Clause 41 - Deemed consent under marine licence

    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...

  • Clause 51 - Spatial development strategiesClause 51

    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...

  • Clause 56 - Other requirements for an EDP

    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,...

  • Clause 57 - Preparation of EDP by Natural England

    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...

  • Clause 58 - Consultation on draft EDP

    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...

  • Clause 64 - Challenging an EDP

    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...

  • Clause 65 - Commitment to pay the nature restoration levy

    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...

  • Clause 91 - Interpretation

    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...

  • Schedule 4 - Environmental delivery plans: effect on environmental obligations

    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...

  • Schedule 6 - Amendments relating to part 3

    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...