Greater London Authority Bill

moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 83, Amendment No. 83A: 83A: Clause 31, line 6, leave out ““outline”” The noble Baroness said: My Lords, the Minister has once again referred to the amendments, which may seem very opaque, although it is clear what they are about. I shall quickly go through them. Amendments Nos. 83A, 83B, 83D and 83F would ensure that the local planning authority—not the Mayor—would decide on the application in total. It will allow the Mayor to intervene on a planning application and to make his case within the existing parameters of holding public hearings and all the processes we have just been discussing, but he would not be able to determine the details of planning applications or make decisions on them himself—the details of the application. Our amendments propose that those applications are automatically dealt with by the borough councils. That is almost what the Minister has said, but perhaps we could be sure that there were no caveats to her remarks. Amendments Nos. 83C, 83E, 83G and 83H address what looks like an omission in Amendment No. 83. It provides for reserved matters and details under conditions on listed building consents to be approved by the local planning authorities. It does not provide for approvals under conditions—actually, it is not the approvals under conditions but the discussions in relation to conditions on planning applications, or any conditions on conservation area consents and hazardous substances consents. They are not very frequent it has to be said, but they may be conditioned as well. Major planning permissions will have a substantial number of approvals required under conditions so there is information on conditions again. The boroughs will be in a much stronger position to see what they amount to under their borough plans. Few approvals will be required under conservation area consents, although approvals are likely to be needed occasionally under the hazardous substances consents. The amendments work whether the Mayor has a power to direct that the details are dealt with by the borough council or whether, as our other amendment proposes, that details are automatically to be considered by the borough council. The Minister has almost encompassed what I asked for, but a couple of further words might make it easier. I beg to move.