Bill · started in the Commons
Local Government (Infrastructure Requirement Plans) Bill
A Bill to require local authorities to assess the infrastructure needed to support future housing and commercial development and to prepare plans for its provision; and for connected purposes.
In progress
Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)
The story so farThe Local Government (Infrastructure Requirement Plans) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 16 December 2009 by Mr Mark Hoban (Conservative). 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.
What the bill does
The Bill would require a local planning authority to assess the infrastructure needed to support housing and commercial development proposed in the local development document. This would have to include health, water, sewage, education and transport, and water. Consultation would be required and the applicant for planning consent would bear the cost of preparation of the infrastructure requirement plan.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 16 Dec 2009
- 2nd reading Commons Current
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 13 Apr 2010.