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Planning Bill

Proceeding contribution from Alan Whitehead (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 December 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on Planning Bill.
It is my understanding that the Planning Bill will institute a single permission regime—I think that the hon. Gentleman is in favour of that—and there will be a single marine permission arrangement under the marine Bill when it is introduced; the two will be joined together. Given that, will he speculate on what the outcome would have been for the London Array project had the new Planning Bill been in place, where a single Conservative local authority held up for almost two years a renewable energy scheme able to power the whole of Kent as a result of a very particular objection that did not relate to the scheme as a whole?

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

469 c43 

Session

2007-08

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Legislation

Planning Bill 2007-08
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