Housing and Planning Bill

Baroness Morris of Bolton Excerpts

Monday 25th April 2016 Lords Chamber

123A: Clause 146, page 75, line 23, leave out subsection (1) and insert—
“( ) Regulations under section 145 may—(a) equire a designated person (subject to any specified exceptions) to process an application for planning permission if chosen to do so by an applicant;(b) provide that, where an application for planning permission is to be or has been processed by a designated person, any connected application must (subject to any specified exceptions) also be processed by that person;(c) allow a responsible planning authority to take over the processing of an application for planning permission, or a connected application, in specified circumstances.”

[The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Morris of Bolton) (Con)]

My Lords, if Amendment 123A is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 123B for reasons of pre-emption.

Amendment 123A agreed.

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123D: Clause 146, page 75, line 42, leave out paragraph (g)

[The Deputy Speaker]

My Lords, if Amendment 123D is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 123E for reasons of pre-emption.

Amendments 123C and 123D agreed.