With respect, I have already given an indication as a lay man in this context as to how this would play out. I have a legal background, but I am not an expert in planning law. I do not think I can be asked, “Is this minor or major”, about a succession of situations. I would be giving what is essentially a lay view in planning law terms. All I have sought to do in setting this out—I hope helpfully—is to say that sometimes something would fairly obviously be major in the context of one neighbourhood plan, but very minor in another. Contrast, for example, a situation of high-density population in an urban area with a small rural village a long way from the nearest town. I hope this indicates the intention here.
Neighbourhood Planning Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 31 January 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Neighbourhood Planning Bill.
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