Neighbourhood Planning Bill

My Lords, I start by declaring an interest: I have a legal case concerning a planning application...

I declare an interest as a member of a neighbourhood forum in an unparished area at an early stag...

My Lords, I support the amendment. The account that we heard from the noble Baroness at Second Re...

My Lords, I should remind the Committee at the outset that I am a vice-president of the Local Gov...

My Lords, I should declare my interests again as we begin a new stage of the Bill. I am the deput...

My Lords, there is a Division in the Chamber. This Committee stands adjourned for 10 minutes.

My Lords, this issue is complicated. I think I was referring to the fact that for local authority...

My Lords, as this is my first contribution today, I should refer noble Lords to my declared inter...

My Lords, first I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for that build-up about the detail in the r...

Can the Minister say a little more about why the Government will not accept this proposed new cla...

With respect I think I have explained that the present process provides the right balance of what...

Just to be clear, nothing that the noble Lord has said in his response means that he would not be...

With respect, I am not entirely surprised. The noble Lord wants this amendment and the Government...

I do not like to disagree with the noble Lord because I have great respect for him and the work h...

With respect to the noble Lord, I am not sure we are. The noble Lord has been around the planning...

Perhaps I may raise a slightly different point. The noble Lord has given a sympathetic response t...

This point is very similar to the one my noble friend just made. It is very welcome that the Mini...

My Lords, in response to the points made to the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, and the noble Baroness,...

I am very happy that the Secretary of State retains an overarching position. That is absolutely r...

My Lords, we have to be careful that we do not lose sight of the importance of the need for fresh...

My Lords, this is the important, high-level stuff. I raise what might be called the low-level stu...

Some of these points go well beyond this amendment. Nevertheless, I accept that they are importan...

My Lords, I thank Members of the Committee for their support for the amendment, which was gratefu...

Lord Stunell.

I am sorry. I beg the Committee’s pardon; it was the noble Lord, Lord Stunell. The noble Lord ref...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 13, after “(2)(aza)” an...

My Lords, in speaking to this group, I will focus on important government Amendments 6 and 131, a...

My Lords, I also have amendments in this group. The first states:

“The Secretary of State m...

My Lords, my Amendment 64 is in this group. I think that is because part of it fits with the Gove...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly in support of my noble friend’s Amendment 64. As this is the firs...

My Lords, I will comment briefly on Amendment 64 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Parminte...

If I answer that question, perhaps the noble Lord might say, if I were to change my amendment to ...

It may be helpful to explain the point in time that the noble Baroness has proposed. At the point...

The noble Lord knows far more about these planning details than I do—I concede that. Speaking as ...

My Lords, I spoke strongly in favour of neighbourhood plans at Second Reading. It is great that t...

My understanding is that they cannot do that unless it is a major application. Of course, in rura...

I concede ignorance but my understanding is that a number of planning applications have been call...

I have a question for the Minister about Amendment 6, which he spoke to some time ago, while I al...

My Lords, I found this a very helpful debate and conclude that if not now at some point soon the ...

My Lords, I declared my interest earlier as a vice-president of the Local Government Association,...

My Lords, as we have heard, government Amendments 2, 3 and 4 are additions to Clause 1. The Minis...

My Lords, first, I will deal—in no particular order—with some of the points that were raised in r...

In relation to parishes, as opposed to forums, this is just a lot more words but it is no differe...

It will be automatic notification. That is the key point.

I think the point that the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, made was that it is already automatic for pa...

Yes, but not for neighbourhood forums, I think. It does not make any difference to parish council...

In respect of the amendments moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, does the Minister expe...

My Lords, as I have indicated, the intention here is to ensure that we have flexibility because n...

My Lords, perhaps I may say first that I welcome very much government Amendment 3 because we are ...

My Lords, I have to be very careful when responding to that question because as I have clearly in...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that. What happens if there is a change through, say, the e...

With respect, I have already given an indication as a lay man in this context as to how this woul...

The noble Lord has been very helpful. The noble Baroness’s question has highlighted that some sit...

My Lords, I do not agree entirely. I accept the point that it is not always easy at the margins, ...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 22, at end insert —

Moved by

Lord Stunell

5: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert—

“( ) In secti...

My Lords, I start by apologising to the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, for suggesting that she ...

My Lords, as has been referred to, my Amendment 20 is in this group. If we are serious about loca...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association and a cou...

My Lords, I hope your Lordships will forgive me but I have not spoken in this Room before. It is ...

My Lords, the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, is one that I am obviously happ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have participated in the debate on the amendments in this group...

Is the Minister in a position to say how many of those 75 came from neighbourhood plan areas?

I thank the noble Lord for that intervention. I do not have those facts in front of me but I shal...

I thank the Minister for that clarification. However, what I was seeking to understand was whethe...

I confirm that it applies only to neighbourhood plans. It is just one other reason that it is ver...

How can that be fair?

I will cover the point in the letter but I am sure that it is the case, as I indicated, in the Wr...

I thank the Minister for his reply. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for her supp...

Can I clarify that? I did not actually say that; I said some people out on the street are saying ...

I will let the record stay as it is on that. At Second Reading, I referred to the fact that there...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

6: After Clause 1, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Baroness Cumberlege

6A: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I turn to Schedule 1, which has been amended to include new Schedule A2. I have tabled ...

May I ask the noble Baroness, in reference to Amendment 6B, about the time limit that she has inc...

My Lords, I accept the suggestion but my concern is that these things can drag on and on, and unl...

My Lords, I express my support for the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberl...

My Lords, I support Amendments 6A and 6B. For the purposes of this Committee, I declare an intere...

My Lords, I very much support the amendments in this group tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Cum...

My Lords, perhaps I may say as I crawl across the minefields in the mist having been battered by ...

Can the Minister explain what and who it is who will do the prescribing?

The prescribing would certainly be done by the Secretary of State, but obviously the Bill has not...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have taken part in this mini-debate. Some really interesting is...

Moved by

Baroness Cumberlege

7: Clause 2, page 2, line 16, at end insert—

“( ) ...

My Lords, I understand that the Grand Committee is a place where noble Lords cannot move a Motion...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, has moved a very wise amendment. I hope that the M...

My Lords, I, too, support the noble Baroness. I assure her that she need not apologise for anythi...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Cumberlege for moving this amendment. Before I look at the...

I very much thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, and the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, for supportin...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

12: Clause 5, page 5, line 9, at end insert—

“with reason...

My Lords, Amendment 12, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kennedy, relates to Clause 5,...

My Lords, this is my swansong; this is the last time that your Lordships have to endure me. I hav...

My Lords, I understand the reasons behind this amendment and I sympathise very much with them. Ho...

In the debate on the last amendment, I raised the question of the community infrastructure levy a...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in the debate on these amendments. I turn...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his constructive response. I was rather taken with hi...

We have had this discussion on previous Bills. In my authority, for example, it is not through la...

I am not suggesting that all local authorities are able or would wish to impose the levy, for the...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

13: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—

“App...

My Lords, this amendment is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kennedy. It deals with re...

My Lords, I do not support this amendment as it implies that a huge amount of work in developing ...

My Lords, I share the views that have just been expressed but do so reluctantly as I have had a l...

My Lords, I was quite surprised to see this amendment, which takes me back to the Commons Committ...

My Lords, I intervene only briefly because I made reference to turnouts in my speech at Second Re...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Beecham and Lord Kennedy, for raising this matter. I am n...

Just to assist the noble Lord with further information. In fact, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of ...

My Lords, I think we now know why the figure of 40% appears in the amendment.

In all seriou...

My Lords, it is interesting to be identified by the Liberal Democrats as having a low polling ach...