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47915

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date	09/04/2014
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 impose a moratorium on processing all planning applications submitted by UK Coal Production Ltd until that body has demonstrated it can meet its obligations on restoration and section 106 contributions.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	196068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Coal extraction is handled through a locally-led planning process and decisions on planning applications are for the relevant mineral planning authority.</p><p>Schedule 5 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 gives mineral planning authorities the power to impose planning conditions on mineral operators to provide for site restoration and aftercare with their application for minerals extraction. In addition the National Planning Policy Framework and planning guidance allows mineral planning authorities to request financial guarantees from applicants to underpin the conditions covering the restoration and aftercare of a site in exceptional circumstances.</p><p>New Section 106 agreements are negotiated between the developer and the applicant. Existing legislation allows those entering into the planning obligation to specify the date or dates when any required sum is to be paid to the planning authority. Section 106 planning obligation agreements are legally binding, and the mineral planning authority can enforce any breach of an agreement.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

48038

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much he estimates will have to be spent protecting the High Speed 2 track on phase 1 and phase 2 against the effects of mining subsidence; and whether that sum is included in the overall projected cost.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	196117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On Phase One there are no specific allowances relating to mining subsidence in the cost estimate as there is no active mining below the route, nor any recorded abandoned mining shown in the publically available records that have been researched. Physical ground investigations and desktop studies of existing of records will be undertaken prior to construction of the railway, and allowances have been made in both the cost estimate and the project contingency for any ground treatments that are identified.</p><p> </p><p>On Phase Two there is an allowance within the cost estimate for the risks around crossing open cast quarries, mines and landfill sites and the current level of design reflects where appropriate the difficulty of crossing these type of areas.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

48040

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many referrals have been made to him where a local planning authority is minded to approve an application for planning permission against the advice of HS2 Ltd; and what his decision has been on each such referral.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	195981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no referrals made to the Secretary of State for Transport where a local planning authority is minded to approve an application for planning permission against the advice of HS2 Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

48042

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultation requests from local planning authorities under the safeguarding directions for Phase One have been received by HS2 Ltd since 9 July 2013; and from which local planning authorities such consultation requests have been received.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	195980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 9 July 2013, HS2 Ltd received 60 consultation requests from local planning authorities under the safeguarding directions for the London to West Midlands section of HS2. The requests were received from the following local planning authorities:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Birmingham City Council,</p><p>Hertfordshire County Council,</p><p>London Borough of Brent,</p><p>London Borough of Ealing,</p><p>London Borough of Hillingdon,</p><p>Lichfield District Council,</p><p>London Borough of Hammersmith &amp; Fulham,</p><p>North Warwickshire Borough Council,</p><p>Oxfordshire County Council,</p><p>Stratford-upon-Avon District Council,</p><p>Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council,</p><p>South Northamptonshire Council,</p><p>Warwickshire County Council,</p><p>Westminster City Council,</p><p>Aylesbury Vale District Council,</p><p>London Borough of Camden.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

48043

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many High Speed 2 consultation requests are EIA development as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011; and how many recommendations for refusal of the grant of planning permission are (a) EIA and (b) non-EIA development.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	195979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Safeguarding directions for the London to West Midlands section of HS2 were made in July 2013 and updated in October 2013. The number of High Speed 2 consultation requests which are EIA development as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 is 5.</p><p>The number of recommendations for refusal of the grant of planning permission are as follows:</p><p>(a) EIA - 3</p><p>(b) non-EIA development – 3</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

48049

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) EIA and (b) non-EIA development recommendations HS2 Ltd has made for conditions to be imposed on planning permission to protect the High Speed 2 project.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	196049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Following the making of safeguarding directions for the London to West Midlands section of HS2 in July 2013 (updated October 2013) , the number of recommendations made by HS2 Ltd for conditions to be imposed on planning permission to protect the High Speed 2 project is as follows:</p><p>a) EIA recommendations – 0</p><p> </p><p>b) Non-EIA recommendations - 7</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen