§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to prevent local planning authorities having granted outline consent for residential development, imposing onerous conditions in association with their approval of reserved matters.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his reply, 12 December 1986, c. 278]: We gave comprehensive guidance to local planning authorities on the use of conditions in circular 1/85. Conditions should only be imposed where they are necessary, relevant to planning, relevant to the development to be permitted, enforceable, precise and reasonable in all other respects.
We have introduced in the Housing and Planning Act 1986 a provision which will enable a developer who considers any condition to be onerous to apply to the planning authority to have it removed. He can also if necessary appeal to the Secretary of State.