Moved by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
That this House do not insist on its Amendments 9 and 10 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 10A.
9: Clause 4, page 3, line 2, leave out subsection (1) and insert—
“( ) An English planning authority may only grant planning permission for a residential development having had regard to the provision of starter homes based on its own assessment of local housing need and viability.”
10: Clause 4, page 3, line 9, leave out subsection (3)
Commons Amendment in lieu
10A: Clause 4, page 3, line 4, at end insert—
“( ) Where the Secretary of State makes regulations under this section, the regulations must give an English planning authority power to dispense with the condition requiring the starter homes requirement to be met where—
(a) an application is made for planning permission in respect of a rural exception site, and
(b) the application falls to be determined wholly or partly on the basis of a policy contained in a development plan for the provision of housing on rural exception sites.”
Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)