A Bill to require the Secretary of State to create a new planning use class for retail premises used to provide high cost credit services, which would require the granting of planning permission; to provide that local planning authorities assess demand for retail premises used to provide high cost credit services when considering applications for premises in that planning use class and place a cap on the number of such shops for which planning permission may be granted in any area; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
The bill would create a new planning category for retail premises that provide high-cost credit services, and it would require planning permission for those premises. It would also require local planning authorities to assess demand for such outlets when considering applications and would cap how many of these shops can be granted permission in any area.
The bill is currently at Second Reading in the Commons, so it is in the early stages of Parliamentary consideration and has not yet progressed to committee stage or to the Lords.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
