HL Deb 11 December 1990 vol 524 cc27-8WA
Lord Gainford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What decisions they have made on the proposals in the Department of the Environment's April 1990 consultation paper Miscelleneous Amendments to Subordinate Planning Legislation.

Baroness Blatch

After careful consideration of all the responses to the consultation paper,Miscellaneous Amendments to Subordinate Planning Legislation, the Government have decided to proceed with the following proposals:

  1. (a) to include a statement of owners' property rights on the form which applicants for planning permission are required to serve on the owners and others with an interest in the land;
  2. (b) to grant permitted development rights to licensed operators of driver information WA28 systems to install the requisite equipment, subject to limitations governing size and height;
  3. (c) to amend the restriction on the use of factory and warehouse extensions built under the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988 to allow their use for social, welfare and recreational uses ancillary to the main function of the site;
  4. (d) to include dry cleaning establishments in the Shops Class (A1) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987.

The Government have decided not to proceed with the following proposals:

  1. (i) to grant permitted development rights for postal pouch boxes;
  2. (ii) to grant permitted development rights for the installation of liquefied gas tanks in the curtilage of dwellinghouses;
  3. (iii) to include launderettes in the Shops Class (A1) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987.

Amending orders reflecting these decisions will be laid before Parliament shortly.