Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Debate between Lord Cromwell and Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
Report stage
Wednesday 29th October 2025
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Wednesday 29th October 2025
(3 days, 3 hours ago)
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Lord Cromwell (CB)
Before the Minister sits down, can I ask him in plain English to clarify a couple of questions? First, am I right to understand that unspent levy money paid by a developer will not be returned to them but will just be kept by Natural England to spend as it sees fit? Secondly, could there be a situation where a developer paid the levy and then was compulsorily purchased and his or her own money was then used to buy the land off them under compulsory purchase? That seems somewhat inequitable to me.
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield (Lab)
I will write to the noble Lord on those two issues, if that is possible.