A Bill to require local authorities to assess the infrastructure needed to support future housing and commercial development and to prepare plans for its provision; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would require a local planning authority to assess the infrastructure needed to support housing and commercial development proposed in the local development document. This would have to include health, water, sewage, education and transport, and water. Consultation would be required and the applicant for planning consent would bear the cost of preparation of the infrastructure requirement plan.
House of Commons
13 April 2010
The Local Government (Infrastructure Requirement Plans) Bill would require local planning authorities to assess the infrastructure needed to support future housing and commercial development and to prepare plans outlining how that infrastructure will be provided. The plans must cover sectors such as health, water, sewage, education and transport, must involve consultation, and the cost of preparing the plan would be borne by the planning consent applicant.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage for detailed examination.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented, through the ballot procedure, to Parliament on 16 December 2009. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The Second reading date for this Bill has not been named therefore the Bill has been dropped and will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
