This page provides access to the Bill in Parliament and to all Parliamentary and related briefing papers produced by the RTPI.

The Bill in Parliament and associated documents can best be monitored using the UK Parliament website.  

• Click here to access the Planning Bill Parliamentary Web Page, which sets out the progress of the Bill and all relevant documents, including amendment papers, debates and committee proceedings.

All RTPI Parliamentary documents can be downloaded from this page.  These include:

House of Commons
First Reading Documents

• A clause by clause action list on the Bill

Second Reading Documents

• Planning Bill Briefing Note 1: 2nd Reading: High Priority Amendments: 5 December 2007

Committee Stage Documents

• The Committee Stage: A Synopsis of RTPI evidence: 8 January 2008
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2: Individual Amendments to Clauses: 10 January 2008
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2A: Clause 7: 10 January 2008
  MIPS: An unambiguous statutory commitment to publicity and consultation on all draft national policy statements
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2B: Clause 44: 10 january 2008
  MIPS: Statements of impact and mitigation
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2C Revision 1: Clause 80: 11 January 2008
  MIPS: IPC Preliminary Meetings: consideration of requests to be heard and statements of impact and mitigation
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2D: Clauses 82-84: 14 January 2008
  No amendments are now recommended, in the light of Note 2C Revision 1
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2E: Clauses 94-95: 14 January 2008
  MIPS: Matters to be considered by the IPC
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2F: Clauses 150-154: 11 January 2008
  Local Member Review Bodies
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2H: Outcomes from the House of Commons Committee Stage 
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 2I: Table of Priority Clause Numbers
  showing changes to respond to the Bill reprint following completion of the committee stage

Report and Third Reading Documents

• Planning Bill Briefing Note 3: Introduction to the Report Stage and Third Reading in the House of Commons
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 3A: The role of National Policy Statements and the IPC:
  20 June 2008
  setting out the RTPI's position in the light of joint correspondence to MPs with the CBI.
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 3B: Joint correspondence to all MPs with the CBI:
  19 June 2008

Discussions with MPs at the point of the Bill leaving the House of Commons suggest broad understanding of and support for a range of RTPI amendment proposals, with amendments in train to significantly improve the accountability of National Policy Statements to Parliament and with changes to the the Local Member Review Body provisions anticipated in the House of Lords.

• Click here to view our work on Local Member Review Bodies.

House of Lords
Second Reading Documents 

• Planning Bill Briefing Note 4A: House of Lords Second Reading:
  9 July 2007
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 4B: Local Member Review Bodies:
  7 July 2008
• Planning Bill Briefing Note 4C: Enforcement Issues
  9 July 2008

Attachments: 18

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  Briefing 2 (49 Kb)
  11-Jan-08
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  Briefing 2A Clause 7 (42 Kb)
  11-Jan-08
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  Briefing 2B Clause 44 (45 Kb)
  11-Jan-08
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  Briefing 2C Clause 80 (43 Kb)
  11-Jan-08
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  Briefing 2C Clause 80 Revision 1 (46 Kb)
  11-Jan-08
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  Briefing 1 2nd Reading (45 Kb)
  11-Jan-08
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  Planning Bill Initial RTPI Action List (431 Kb)
  11-Jan-08
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  Briefing 2D clauses 82-84 (30 Kb)
  14-Jan-08
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  Briefing 2E Clauses 94-5 (67 Kb)
  14-Jan-08
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  Briefing 2F Clauses 150-154 LMRB (36 Kb)
  14-Jan-08
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  RTPI Briefing 2H Commons Committee Stage Outcomes (69 Kb)
  05-Mar-08
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  RTPI Briefing 2I New Priority Clause Numbers (33 Kb)
  05-Mar-08
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  RTPI-Briefing-3 HoC Report and Third Reading (63 Kb)
  30-May-08
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  RTPI Briefing 3A New Clause 8, NPS and the IPC (41 Kb)
  20-Jun-08
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  RTPI Briefing 3B Joint Correspondence to MPs with the CBI (133 Kb)
  24-Jun-08
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  RTPI Briefing 4B Clauses 177-181 LMRB (Lords) (60 Kb)
  07-Jul-08
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  RTPI Briefing 4A House of Lords Second Reading (48 Kb)
  11-Jul-08
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  RTPI Briefing 4C Enforcement Requested by Lord Campbell Savours (50 Kb)
  11-Jul-08

Author:

Rynd Smith

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

10-Jan-08

Categories:

Policy, Practice 

Sections:

What Planning Does

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