The Twenty first report of the Lords secondary legislation scrutiny committee suggests concerns about the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/632).
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…House may wish to explore further the absence of any requirement to provide or contribute financially to affordable housing…
Parliament UK writes:
Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/632)…
This instrument changes planning legislation to allow local development to support the Government’s economic renewal package following the coronavirus outbreak. The changes are a mixture of temporary and permanent measures. One of the permanent changes, a new permitted development right allowing up to two additional storeys to be constructed on existing purpose-built blocks of flats, gave rise to concerns during consultation in 2018.The House may wish to explore further the absence of any requirement to provide or contribute financially to affordable housing and how neighbourhood and other concerns will be taken into account under the new lighter planning regime for such developments.
This instrument is drawn to the special attention of the House on the ground that it gives rise to issues of public policy likely to be of interest to the House.
12.The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has laid this instrument with an Explanatory Memorandum (EM) and Impact Assessment (IA). The purpose of the instrument is to make changes to planning legislation which, according to MHCLG, will allow local development to support the Government’s economic renewal package following the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes are a mixture of temporary and permanent measures…..
Conclusion
22.This instrument changes planning legislation to allow local development to support the Government’s economic renewal package following the coronavirus outbreak.Following concerns raised during consultation, the House may wish to explore further the absence of any requirement to provide or contribute financially to affordable housing and how neighbourhood and other concerns will be taken into account under the new lighter planning requirements for extending upwards existing purpose-built blocks of flats. The instrument is drawn to the special attention of the House on the ground that it gives rise to issues of public policy likely to be of interest to the House.
