The Planning Bill: Implications of the proposals for a new regime for major infrastructure for democracy and delivery

Journal of Planning and Environment Law

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 36, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Kelly, Bernadette ^a  

^a Department for Communities and Local Government ^*

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PLANNING LEGISLATION; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57149135489     PISSN: 03074870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (38)

1. Barker Review of Land Use Planning: Final Report and Recommendations (published December 2006).
2. The Eddington Transport Study: Transport's role in sustaining the UK's productivity and competitiveness (published December 2006).
3. Meeting the Energy Challenge: A Wine Paper for Energy. CM 7124, DTI, May 2007.
4. Associated British Ports Annual Report, 2005 quoted a cost £44.9 million for the cost of the Dibden Bay application process.
5. The Stem Review on the Economics of Climate Change, HM Treasury, October 2006 - ISBN 0-521-70080-9.
6. Renewable Energy Strategy, May 2008.
7. A report by Goldman Sachs in 2003 projected that Chinese GDP would increase by seven times between 2000 and 2020, with the BRIC countries growing to more than four times their current size.
8. Planning for a Sustainable Future: White Paper. Joint DCLG, Defta, DfT publication. CM7120, May 2007.
9. Clause 5.
10. Clause 7.
11. Clause 9.
12. Clause 5.
13. Clauses 42 and 43.
14. Clause 47.
15. Clause 47.
16. Clauses 77 to 84.
17. Clauses 63 to 76.
18. Clause 97.
19. Clause 105.
20. Clause 89.
21. Clause 90.
22. Clause 91.
23. Part 3.
24. Clause 13.
25. Clause 116.
26. Clearly, the qualification "once National Policy Statements are in place" is critical. The lead time for these documents - allowing for effective consultation, sustainability appraisal, Parliamentary scrutiny, and time for the Government to respond - will be significant; and the new regime will not be able to operate until National Policy Statements are in place. Work on National Policy Statements is therefore underway now in Departments, to ensure that NPSs can be designated before the new regime becomes fully operational and the IPC can begin accepting applications.
27. Planning Bill - Impact Assessment published alongside the Planning Bill on November 27, 2007, available online from http:// www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/561912.pdf [Accessed October 29, 2008].
28. Government's water strategy for England "Future Water". Defra, February 7, 2008. ISBN 978-0-10-1731928 obtainable for download at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/water/strategy/pdf/ future-water.pdf [Accessed 14/10/2008].
29. Clause 10.
30. Clause 6(3).
31. The Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2005, ISBN 0110732006.
32. Clauses 42, 47 and 54 deal with project development; clauses 59 and 102 deal with inquiries.
33. Clause 102.
34. Clause 7.
35. Clause 42.
36. Cm. 7427.
37. Clause 73(2).
38. Clause 107.