Lead member
Mr Simon Clarke
Conservative, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Commons
Decision
Withdrawn before moved
This amendment was withdrawn by its Sponsor before debate. No further consideration was taken on the amendment.
Amendment text
To move the following Clause—
“Onshore wind applications
(1)
Within six months of this Act coming into force, the Secretary of State must revise the National Planning Policy Framework in accordance with the objective subsection (2).
(2)
The objective in this subsection is to ensure that guidance permits local planning authorities to grant onshore wind applications for the purposes of—
(a)
installing new sites not previously used for generating wind energy; and
(b)
repowering existing onshore wind installations.
(3)
Section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act is amended in accordance with subsection (4).
(4)
In subsection (4A), after paragraph (c) insert—
“(d)
the development is for the purposes of installing new onshore wind sites not previously used for generating wind energy or for repowering existing onshore wind applications.””