Planning, building and the environment

The Planning Bill

The Planning Bill was introduced on Tuesday 27 November 2007. The legislation builds on the proposals set out in the Planning White Paper and introduces a new system for nationally significant infrastructure planning, alongside further reforms to the town and country planning system. A link to the published legislation is available below.

http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/planning.html (external link)

The Bill includes proposals for a new Community Infrastructure Levy which will establish a better way to increase investment in the vital infrastructure that growing communities need. The Bill will empower local councils to apply a Community Infrastructure Levy on new developments in their areas to support infrastructure delivery.

All legislation is subject to an impact assessment, to assess the costs and benefits of the measures it contains. Links to the impact assessments for the Bill and the Community Infrastructure Levy are available below.

The Bill builds on the proposals set out in the Planning White Paper, published on 21 May 2007. More details on the White Paper are available via the link on the right.

If you wish to make a written submission to the Public Bill Committee that will examine the Planning Bill, please follow the link below to the Parliament UK website. The website gives guidance as to how written submissions should be made, to whom they should be sent and the timescales involved.

http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/scrutinyunit.cfm (external link)

Related publications

The Community Infrastructure Levy
- Published: 5 August 2008
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
Community Infrastructure Levy: Initial Impact Assessment
- Published: 27 November 2007
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
Planning Bill - Impact Assessment
- Published: 27 November 2007
- Site: Planning, building and the environment