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46858

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date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the protections currently available under planning law for parcels of land which are subject to planning applications and which are close to National Parks.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	195155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government made clear in the National Planning Policy Framework that National Parks have the highest status of protection in relation to landscape and scenic beauty and that great weight should be placed on their conservation. In developing the planning guidance, which was published in March 2014 to support the Framework, the Government took account of feedback raised during the ‘Beta' test phase. . The guidance, which is a material consideration in planning decisions, explains that section 11A(2) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 requires authorities to ‘have regard' to the purpose of National Parks ‘in exercising or performing any functions in relation to, or so as to affect, land' in National Parks. The guidance is clear that the duty is relevant in considering development proposals that are situated outside National Parks, but which might have an impact on the setting of, and implementation of, the statutory purposes of these protected areas.</p><p>Through the Localism Act, the Government has strengthened the role of Local Plans to shape where development should or should not go. This would allow councils to protect the countryside close to National Parks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

46861

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that betting shops are not placed in the same planning use class as cafes, banks and public houses.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	195298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Yes.</p><p>Betting shops are currently in the A2 (“financial and professional services”) use class. The Budget announced that we will consult on introducing a wider ‘retail' use class; I can confirm that this would not include betting shops or payday loan shops.</p><p>Moreover, to increase access to retail banking and to encourage new entrants, we have already recently amended secondary legislation such that shops (A1) are now able to change to banks, building societies, credit unions and friendly societies, within the A2 use class. This does not cover betting shops or payday loan shops.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

46868

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many cases an Article 4 direction has resulted in the rejection of a planning application which has not subsequently been overturned by the Planning Inspectorate; and what assessment he has made of the typical circumstances of such cases.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	195255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown