Rating (Empty Properties) Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 3, page 1, line 9, after ‘(4A)’, insert— ‘Where subsection (5) applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day shall be calculated in accordance with the formula— (A x B) divided by (C x 2)’. No. 4, in page 2, line 3, at end insert— ‘(2) For subsection (5) of that section substitute— ““This subsection applies where on the day concerned, the hereditament is the subject of— (a) a planning application, (b) an application for approval of reserved matters or for the approval of details under a condition of a planning permission, or (c) an appeal under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. No. 5, in schedule 1, page 5, line 20, at end insert— ‘(1A) For the purposes of any regulations, the state of any property shall not be deemed to have been changed by the carrying out of operations in accordance with a planning permission.’.