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High Cost Credit Services (Retail Premises) Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to create a new planning use class for retail premises used to provide high cost credit services, which would require the granting of planning permission; to provide that local planning authorities assess demand for retail premises used to provide high cost credit services when considering applications for premises in that planning use class and place a cap on the number of such shops for which planning permission may be granted in any area; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe High Cost Credit Services (Retail Premises) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 7 July 2014 by Thomas Docherty (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 7 Jul 2014
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 30 Mar 2015.