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Infrastructure Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Borwick (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 10 November 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Infrastructure Bill [HL].

My Lords, I only wish that I could agree with the noble Lord, Lord Judd, that it is a short-term exercise to get planning permission for this sort of development. The planning permission process will take many months, probably years, and cost a large amount of money. It is not a short-term exercise, and that is why I think this amendment is unnecessary because it will be up to the local council or local planning authority to grant the planning permission, with all the pressures put upon them to make the decision to protect the environment. With these sites listed in this amendment, I do not think they are going to get the planning permission which the noble Baroness fears they will. I really do not think it is going to be possible.

Secondly, I am sorry that—despite trying to listen to it—I am not sure I fully understood the meaning of “functionally linked”. How wide a definition will that actually be in practice? I wonder whether the noble Baroness could help in explaining that?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
757 c67 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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