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Lords division · 23 Apr 2026 · No. 6

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering moved Motion G1, as an amendment to Motion G, at end insert “, and do propose Amendments 94B and 94C in lieu— 94B After Clause 63 insert the following new Clause— “Protection for existing businesses and facilities from unreasonable restrictions resulting from new developments After section 70D of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, insert the following new section— “70E Protection for existing businesses and facilities from unreasonable restrictions resulting from new developments (1) A development that is the subject of an application for planning permission is an “impact-sensitive development” if residents or occupiers of the development are likely to be affected by significant impact from existing activity in the vicinity of the development. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of section 70(1), a planning authority— (a) must, when considering under section 70 whether to grant planning permission for an impact-sensitive development subject to conditions, take particular account of whether the development includes sufficient measures to mitigate, minimise or manage the effect of the anticipated impact of existing activities on the development from any existing cultural venues or facilities (including in particular, but not limited to, live music venues), or dwellings or businesses in the vicinity of the development, and (b) may not, as a condition of granting planning permission for an impact-sensitive development, impose on existing cultural venues or facilities additional costs relating to design measures to mitigate, minimise or manage the effects of that impact.”” 94C Clause 92, page 88, line 21, at end insert— “(z1) section (Protection for existing businesses and facilities from unreasonable restrictions resulting from new developments) (protection for existing businesses and facilities from unreasonable restrictions resulting from new developments);”” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 70

Contents: 208 Not Contents: 138

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 70 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 127
Liberal Democrat 53
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 5
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Green Party 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 125
Crossbench 10
Non-affiliated 3

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: The Earl of Courtown (Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (206)

Not Contents (136)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.