The Planning Bill introduced to the UK Parliament on 27 November 2007 received Royal Assent on 26 November 2008 and is now the Planning Act 2008.

The great bulk of the act is concerned with the establishment of a single development consent regime for nationally significant infrastructure projects.  Policy will be set out in National Policy Statements. Once these are in place, decisions will be made by the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC).

Changes to the existing (Town and Country) planning system include revisions to appeal procedures and the introduction of a Community Infrastructure Levy to support infrastructure development and funding at the local, sub-regional and regional levels.

Links beyond this page connect you to our archive sections, providing a record of the RTPI's involvement in the development and passage of the Bill through Parliament.

• A summary of the RTPI's responses to the Bill; 
• An invitation to contribute your views to help the the RTPI's work on the Bill;
• Our 'Bill in Parliament' web page, including briefing papers produced for MPs and Peers at the different stages of the passage of the Bill through Parliament; and
• RTPI Cymru's views on the Bill's application in Wales. 

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  Planning Act 2008 Initial RTPI Briefing (1.63 Mb)
  05-Dec-08

Author:

Rebecca Coates

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

27-Nov-07

Categories:

Policy, Practice 

Sections:

The RTPI , What Planning Does

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