Planning Bill

moved Amendment No. 375: 375: Clause 124, page 64, line 40, leave out ““an application for an”” and insert ““the application for the”” The noble Lord said: I shall speak also to Amendment No. 376 and reply to the other amendments in this group tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. With the leave of the Committee, I shall first speak briefly to my amendments and then reply to the others after the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, has spoken to them. It may be as well if I reply to him rather than seek to pre-empt what he has to say. Amendments Nos. 375 and 376 are technical drafting amendments. Clauses 124 and 126 deal with applications for development consent orders which would involve compulsory acquisition of land or rights over land owned by local authorities or statutory undertakers or by the National Trust. In both cases we want the relevant local authority or statutory undertaker or the National Trust to be able to make representations against the relevant application. However, the current wording of the clause allows for representations about any application. These amendments remove confusion about which application is being referred to. I beg to move.