Written question asked by Lord Berkeley (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Attlee (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 March 2012.
Railways: Infrastructure
- Question
- To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Earl Attlee on 17 October 2011 (Official Report, col. 112–3), when they will bring forward secondary legislation under Section 14 of the Planning Act 2008 to set lower thresholds for railway development projects that are required to be processed through the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
- Answer
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Since the 17 October 2011 exchanges during the passage of the Localism Bill, the Government have continued to work with Network Rail to examine the need for changes to the current planning regime to enable the timely delivery of major and minor infrastructure works to support sustainable growth. These include the option of introducing secondary legislation.
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 16677; 736 c282WA
- Session
- 2010-12
- Related items
- Subjects
- Infrastructure Planning permission Railways
- Legislation
- Planning Act 2008
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