Moved by
Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
100ZA: After Clause 138, insert the following new Clause—
“Time limits for developing land where planning permission is granted
After section 58 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (granting of planning permission: general), insert—
“58A Time limits for developing land
“(1) Where planning permission is granted under section 58, the person or persons to whom planning permission is granted must develop the land to which the planning permission relates within a specified period of time, which the Secretary of State must by regulations made by statutory instrument specify.
(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) must specify that —
(a) development on the land must be commenced before the end of five years from the date on which planning permission was granted, and
(b) development on the land must be completed before the end of seven years from the date on which development on the land was commenced.
(3) Regulations made under this section may make different provision for different purposes.
(4) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.””