Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 19 June 2019
19 Jun 2019 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Planning (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 (Day 2)
The amendments in this group are mainly technical; they will remove duplication and tidy up wording. Just one of them—amendment 155—has a little more substance. Section 20B of the bill inserts new section 77A into the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. That will enable ministers by regulations to make provision about the payment of compensation, where planning permission granted by a development order is withdrawn and a subsequent application for equivalent consent is refused or granted subject to different conditions.
In its stage 2 report on the bill, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee recommended that that power should be subject to the affirmative procedure, because it deals with compensation and can apply or disapply provisions of primary legislation. I was happy to accept that recommendation and consequently lodged an amendment to enact it.
For the rest of the amendments in this group, I can provide more details if members have any questions, but I hope that these technical changes can be supported.
I move amendment 124.
Amendment 124 agreed to.
Amendment 125 moved—[Kevin Stewart].
In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh)
NPA
The next item of business is the continuation of stage 3 proceedings on the Planning (Scotland) Bill. In dealing with the amendments, members should have the...
Graham Simpson (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
It feels as though I have never been away. Amendment 112 removes land value capture from the bill. It was introduced by an amendment that I lodged at stage ...
Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Lab
Amendments 212 and 215 require ministers, within 18 months of the bill receiving royal assent, to lay regulations to facilitate land value capture. Legislati...
Graham Simpson
Con
I am not sure whether Alex Rowley was in the chamber when I asked the First Minister about that. She said that there would be a full response to the Scottish...
Alex Rowley
Lab
It is interesting that we seem to have a coalition between the Scottish National Party and the Tories to block radical proposals on land reform. I know who t...
Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green)
Green
I welcome Graham Simpson to his new role as spokesperson for the First Minister. Ahead of consideration of the bill at stage 2, I conducted a consultation o...
The Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning (Kevin Stewart)
SNP
As I have consistently made clear, we as the Government are interested in the concept of land value capture or sharing and we will explore how land value upl...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I call Graham Simpson to wind up on the group and say whether he wishes to press amendment 112.
Graham Simpson
Con
I urge the minister to make a statement on the subject soon after the recess, once we have passed the bill, as we need to get moving on it. There is cross-pa...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question is, that amendment 112 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. As this is the first division of the day, there will be a five-minute suspension while I call all members to the chamber. 14:35 Me...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
We move to the division on amendment 112. For Crawford, Bruce (Stirling) (SNP) Cunningham, Roseanna (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP) Ewing, Fer...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division is: For 88, Against 31, Abstentions 0. Amendment 112 agreed to.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Group 17 is on masterplan consent areas. Amendment 13, in the name of Andy Wightman, is grouped with amendments 125 and 126.
Andy Wightman
Green
Masterplan consent areas are an area of the bill that has been broadly welcomed, although the exact impact remains to be seen. I will first address my amend...
Kevin Stewart
SNP
Masterplan consent areas are a new way in which planning authorities can take a proactive place-making approach and provide consent. Mr Wightman has argued t...
Andy Wightman
Green
I am disappointed with the minister’s response on amendment 13. I just do not understand why, if up to five houses can be built in some of the most pressured...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question is, that amendment 13 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. For Baillie, Jackie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Beamish, Claudia (South Scotland) (Lab) Bibb...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division is: For 33, Against 89, Abstentions 0. Amendment 13 disagreed to.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Group 18 is on technical/regulations. Amendment 124, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 128, 134, 135, 151 and 153 to 155.
Kevin Stewart
SNP
The amendments in this group are mainly technical; they will remove duplication and tidy up wording. Just one of them—amendment 155—has a little more substan...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question is, that amendment 125 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) Art...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division is: For 94, Against 27, Abstentions 0. Amendment 125 agreed to. Amendment 126 moved—Kevin Stewart.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question is, that amendment 126 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) Art...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division is: For 95, Against 27, Abstentions 0. Amendment 126 agreed to. Section 11A—Culturally significant zones Amendment 127 moved—Ke...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question is, that amendment 127 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) Art...