Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 — 26 Jun 2013 at 20:34

The majority of MPs voted for a set of changes to planning regulations primarily aimed at ensuring quicker and better decisions on planning applications.

The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:

The order:

  • enables planning applications to be made directly to the Secretary of State where planning authorities are consistently failing to meet statutory deadlines
  • removes the requirement to seek conservation area consent to demolish certain buildings in conservation areas.
  • introduces a fee for prior approval required in relation to permitted development rights for changes of use
  • brings in measures provide for a refund of the fee where an application for planning permission is not determined within 26 weeks
  • provides for fees to be charged for pre-application advice relating to applications to the Secretary of State.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con234 0076.7%
DUP0 4050.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab0 177068.6%
LDem47 0083.9%
PC0 1033.3%
Total:281 185073.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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