§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what decisions he has made on the proposals in his Department's April 1990 consultation paper, "Miscellaneous Amendments to Subordinate Planning Legislation".
§ Mr. YeoAfter 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:
- (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;
- (b) to grant permitted development rights to licensed operators of driver information systems to install the requisite equipment, subject to limitations governing size and height;
- (c) to amend the restriction on the use of factory and warehouse extensions built under the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1938 to allow their use for social, welfare and recreational uses ancillary to the main function of the site;
- (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:
- (i) to grant permitted development rights for postal pouch boxes;
- (ii) to grant permitted development rights for the installation of liquefied gas tanks in the curtilage of dwellinghouses;
369 - (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.