HC Deb 01 April 1981 vol 2 c104W
26. Mr. Stevens

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is proposing to lay down any planning guide lines for enterprise zones.

30. Mr. Bevan

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is proposing to lay down any planning guide lines for enterprise zones.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The developments permitted in a zone are set out in an enterprise zone scheme drawn by the prospective enterprise zone authority. Each scheme will need to reflect local circumstances. We have not laid down central planning guidelines beyond saying that we would like to see planning restrictions kept to a minimum subject to retaining controls needed for health, safety and the control of pollution and, where necessary, some limit on larger scale retail developments.