HC Deb 23 October 1968 vol 770 cc1481-2

Lords Amendment No. 120: In page 51, line 15, leave out subsection (1) and insert: ( ) The following provisions of this section shall have effect where, by virtue of section 57 or 58 above, a planning permission (whether granted before or after the commencement of those sections) is subject to a condition that the development to which the permission relates must be begun before the expiration of a particular period and that development has been begun within that

"at the expiration of the period specified in the notice (whether the original period specified under subsection (2) above or a longer period substituted by the Minister under subsection (2) above)"

Read a Second time.

Amendment to the proposed Amendment agreed to: In line 3, leave out '(2)' and insert '(1)'.—[Mr. Skeffington.]

Lords Amendment, as amended, agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.

"(b) the undertakers' interest in the land was acquired by them as the result of a transfer under provisions of the Transport Act 1968 from other statutory undertakers and the land was, immediately before the transfer, operational land of those other undertakers"

Read a Second time.

1.0 a.m.

Mr. Murton

I beg to move, as an Amendment to the proposed Amendment, in line 3, at end insert: 'whose statutory undertaking included purposes similar to those of the statutory undertaking of the acquiring undertakers'. period but the period has elapsed without the development having been completed. ( ) If the local planning authority are of opinion that the development will not be completed within a reasonable period, they may serve a notice (hereafter in this section referred to as a 'completion notice') stating that the planning permission will cease to have effect at the expiration of a further period specified in the notice, being a period of not less than twelve months after the notice takes effect.

Mr. Skeffington

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

Mr. Speaker

With this Amendment we can discuss Lords Amendments Nos. 121, 122, 123 and 124.

Mr. Skeffington

The first new subsection is designed primarily to bring out more clearly the fact that a completion notice cannot be served until the period specified in the time-limit condition for the commencement of development has completely elapsed. This was implicit before, but is now put beyond doubt.

The second new subsection provides for the planning permission to cease to have effect not less than 12 months after the completion notice takes effect.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendment agreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 122: In page 51, line 44, leave out "as from the date specified in the notice" and insert:

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