[UPDATE: For the subsequent legislation relating to this consultation, please view this post.]
The government has published the following response to the consultation titled "Improving the use of planning conditions - Consultation on draft regulations" (which ran for 4 weeks from 30/01/2018 until 27/02/2018):
- May 2018: Government response to the consultation on pre-commencement conditions Regulations (pdf) (link).
Notes:
- The "Introduction" at the start of the above response document includes the following information:
- "The Government published a consultation seeking views on draft Regulations (pre-commencement conditions) on 30th January 2018. The consultation was open for 4 weeks and closed on 27 February 2018. The consultation was designed to assist with the implementation of section 100ZA of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. When brought into force, subsections 100ZA(4), (5) and (6) of the 1990 Act will prohibit the grant of planning permission subject to a pre-commencement condition without the written agreement of the applicant to the terms of the condition, except in the circumstances set out in the Regulations which were the subject of the consultation.".
- "The consultation paper explained that pre-commencement conditions - that is, conditions which must be complied with before development can begin can, where they are not justified, delay the delivery of development and drive up costs.".
- "The consultation sought views on draft Regulations prescribing the circumstances when a pre-commencement condition can be imposed without the written agreement of the applicant. Under the proposed Regulations, if the applicant is silent (i.e. does not respond) to a notice setting out the terms of a proposed pre-commencement condition within the prescribed period, the local planning authority or the Secretary of State (as the case may be) may decide to grant planning permission subject to the terms of the pre-commencement condition specified in the notice.".
Other sources of information:
- September 2016: Improving the use of planning conditions - Public consultation (pdf) (link).
- Note: For a summary of the above document, please view this post. - December 2016: Government response to the consultation on improving the use of planning conditions (pdf) (link).
- Note: For a summary of the above document, please view this post. - January 2018: Letter from MHCLG to Chief Planning Officers about the NPPF timetable, etc (pdf) (link).
- January 2018: Improving the use of planning conditions - Consultation on draft regulations (pdf) (link).
- Note: For a summary of the above document, please view this post.