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HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. The draft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations were laid before the House on 13…25 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial and Affordable Housing Capital InvestmentIn the multi-year spending review later this year, the Government will set out the full details of a new grant programme to succeed the 2021 to 2026 affordable homes programme.…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025.25 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2025I thank the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Hamble Valley, for his constructive tone. I also thank the hon. Members for Taunton and Wellington and for Didcot and Wantage for…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThe hon. Gentleman was here in the last Parliament. Does he remember that, in their attempt to undo the problem of nutrient neutrality, the previous Government sought to disapply…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI am going to make some progress, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind. We want more people involved in the development of local plans. The measures on planning decisions will…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillIt is a real pleasure to close this Second Reading debate for the Government, and I thank all hon. and right hon. Members who have participated in it. Not unexpectedly, it has…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThat is not the case, and there has been a huge amount of scaremongering when it comes to the provisions in the Bill that relate to planning committees. I will deal with that…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI will happily give way for the final time.24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure Billindicated dissent .24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI will address that specific point in due course. The proposals are entirely consistent; we do want to make changes to where planning committees can determine decisions, but local…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI am not going to give way; I am going to make some progress. I will briefly address CPO powers before I conclude, as a number of hon. Members raised concerns about our changes to…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillDoes the hon. Member accept that we have to keep the matter in perspective? Even under the most ambitious scenarios, solar farms would occupy less than 1% of the UK’s agricultural…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillNo; the right hon. Lady has misunderstood me. Planning committees will be able to scrutinise and make decisions on a series of applications. On a point raised by the shadow…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Housing Development Planning: Water CompaniesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) on securing this important and…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Housing Development Planning: Water CompaniesI cannot be clearer than I was in my written statement: the Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister have imposed a moratorium on new statutory consultees. We do not think that the…12 Mar 2025HANSARDStatutory Consultee System ReformStatutory consultees play an important role in the planning system, providing expert advice and information on significant environmental, transport, safety and heritage issues to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDGreen Spaces BillI thank the hon. Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for tabling the Bill, and for giving the House a chance to both consider and re-emphasise the importance of our shared…07 Mar 2025HANSARDHousing Targets: New Towns TaskforceThe independent expert taskforce, chaired by Sir Michael Lyons, will be submitting its final report to us in the summer and, as such, we have absolutely no idea which locations it…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHousing Targets: New Towns TaskforceNot least because we will only begin construction of the next generation of new towns towards the end of this Parliament, the Government have been clear that they will deliver…03 Mar 2025