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Protection of Garden Land (Development Control) Bill 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor:
Mr Paul Burstow

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Latest Bill

House Bill Date
Commons Bill as introduced | PDF version, 77KB 02.03.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was presented to Parliament on 3 February. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.

This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Mr Paul Burstow.

Summary of the Bill

This Bill would

  • require the Secretary of State to issue guidance to local authorities so that gardens of residential houses would be regarded as greenfield sites for development purposes; planning applications for significant developments would be refused if they were out of character with the surrounding area
  • provide for a right of appeal for those affected or for an amenity society, if a local planning authority granted planning consent for development inconsistent with either the development plan or with guidance issued under the provisions of the Bill
  • extend the power of a local planning authority to decline to determine repeat applications from two years to three, after a similar application has been rejected on appeal to the Secretary of State.

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