A Bill to require applicants for planning consent to enter into a contract with the relevant planning authority setting out certain undertakings relating to the application for planning consent; to provide that failure to meet those undertakings would result in withdrawal of any planning consent granted; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
The bill would require anyone applying for planning permission to sign a contract with the local planning authority. That contract would set out undertakings related to the planning application, and if those undertakings aren’t met, any planning permission granted could be withdrawn. In simple terms, the bill tries to give planning decisions a stronger, enforceable contractual basis.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons and would need to pass more stages (committee, further readings) before becoming law.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 10 December 2014 under the Ten Minute Rule.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
