Asked by: Andrew Bridgen (Independent - North West Leicestershire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultation requests from local planning authorities under the safeguarding directions for Phase One have been received by HS2 Ltd since 9 July 2013; and from which local planning authorities such consultation requests have been received.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Since 9 July 2013, HS2 Ltd received 60 consultation requests from local planning authorities under the safeguarding directions for the London to West Midlands section of HS2. The requests were received from the following local planning authorities:
Birmingham City Council,
Hertfordshire County Council,
London Borough of Brent,
London Borough of Ealing,
London Borough of Hillingdon,
Lichfield District Council,
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham,
North Warwickshire Borough Council,
Oxfordshire County Council,
Stratford-upon-Avon District Council,
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council,
South Northamptonshire Council,
Warwickshire County Council,
Westminster City Council,
Aylesbury Vale District Council,
London Borough of Camden.
Asked by: Andrew Bridgen (Independent - North West Leicestershire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many High Speed 2 consultation requests are EIA development as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011; and how many recommendations for refusal of the grant of planning permission are (a) EIA and (b) non-EIA development.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Safeguarding directions for the London to West Midlands section of HS2 were made in July 2013 and updated in October 2013. The number of High Speed 2 consultation requests which are EIA development as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 is 5.
The number of recommendations for refusal of the grant of planning permission are as follows:
(a) EIA - 3
(b) non-EIA development – 3
Asked by: Andrew Bridgen (Independent - North West Leicestershire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) EIA and (b) non-EIA development recommendations HS2 Ltd has made for conditions to be imposed on planning permission to protect the High Speed 2 project.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Following the making of safeguarding directions for the London to West Midlands section of HS2 in July 2013 (updated October 2013) , the number of recommendations made by HS2 Ltd for conditions to be imposed on planning permission to protect the High Speed 2 project is as follows:
a) EIA recommendations – 0
b) Non-EIA recommendations - 7