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EnactedRoyal Assentc. 22

Housing and Planning Act 2016

This bill became lawView the statute on acthub →c. 22 · 12 May 2016

Bill texts 11

  • Bill 75 2015-16 (as introduced)Bill · 13 Oct 2015download soon
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  • HL Bill 110 2015-16 as amended in CommitteeBill · 23 Mar 2016download soon
  • HL Bill 117 2015-16, as amended on ReportBill · 25 Apr 2016download soon
  • Bill 170 2015-16, Lords Amendments to the BillBill · 28 Apr 2016download soon
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Amendments 60

Committee stage — Lords 20

WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

after second “of” insert “new homes across all tenures, including”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham, Lord Shipley#718
WithdrawnClause 2EditBillBody

leave out from “a” to end and insert “price no higher than is affordable to a household receiving the median local household income, with affordability to be determined by the relevant local authority,”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham#719
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

after “cap,” insert— is not to be sold to buy-to-let investors,”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham#720
WithdrawnClause 2EditBillBody

after “cap,” insert— is built on under-used or unviable brownfield sites not currently identified for housing on public and private land, as determined by the local authority,”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham#721
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— lives or works locally.”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham#722
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

after “State” insert “, after consultation with the relevant local authority or local authorities, or the Mayor of London, as appropriate, ”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham#723
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert “(and in respect of which the discount remains in perpetuity),”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham#724
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— References to a starter home shall not include any dwelling which forms part of a housing regeneration scheme.

Moved: Baroness DooceySponsor: Lord Kerslake#799
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— The meaning of “locally” in subsection (3) shall be defined by the relevant local authority or the Greater London Authority.”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham#812
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— may be purchased through a rent-to-buy arrangement as well as by direct purchase,”

Moved: Lord Lansley#890
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

after “cap,” insert— is subject to a restriction requiring repayment of the 20% discount, reduced by 1% for each year of occupation by the purchaser, for a period of 20 years,”

Moved: Lord BestSponsor: Lord Kerslake, Lord Cameron of Dillington, Lord Beecham#912
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “has any other characteristics” and insert “meets any other criteria”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#988
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

after “regulations” insert “— ”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#989
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— disapply the age requirement in subsection (3)(b) in relation to specified categories of people;

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#990
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— Before making regulations under subsection (8) the Secretary of State must consult—

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#991
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— Regulations under this section may amend this Chapter.”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#992
WithdrawnClause 2EditBillBody

after “purchase” insert “via a mortgage”

Moved: Lord Shipley#994
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert “, which shall include a requirement regarding the occupation of the dwelling by the first-time buyer as his or her principal residence.”

Moved: Lord Shipley#995
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

after “promote” insert “home ownership and”

Moved: Lord TopeSponsor: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1025
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— “Home ownership” means the holding of a legal estate by a home owner in a home or in a share of a home.

Moved: Lord TopeSponsor: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1026

Report stage — Lords 20

NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— Regulations shall provide that the discount specified in subsection (1)(c) shall continue to be applied to the sale price of the relevant starter home on every subsequent sale of that dwelling (including, but not limited to, any sale of the property after the initial five year period).”

Moved: Lord ShipleySponsor: Lord Kennedy of Southwark, Lord Stunell, Lord Beecham#1325
WithdrawnClause 3EditBillBody

after “homes” insert “and other types of social and affordable housing”

Moved: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington MandevilleSponsor: Lord Shipley#1341
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— is subject to a restriction requiring repayment of the 20% discount, reduced by 1/20th for each year of occupation by the purchaser, for a period of 20 years,”

Moved: Lord BestSponsor: Lord Beecham, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1344
NotMovedClause 4EditBillBody

at end insert— Age-restricted housing schemes for older persons will be exempt from any requirement to provide starter homes.”

Moved: Lord BestSponsor: Lord Beecham, Baroness Andrews, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1345
AgreedClause 4EditBillBody

leave out subsection (1) and insert— An English planning authority may only grant planning permission for a residential development having had regard to the provision of starter homes based on its own assessment of local housing need and viability.”

Moved: Lord KerslakeSponsor: Lord Kennedy of Southwark, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1350
AgreedClause 4EditBillBody

leave out subsection (3)

Moved: Lord KerslakeSponsor: Lord Kennedy of Southwark, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1351
NotMovedClause 4AddClauseOrSchedule

Insert the following new Clause— “Planning obligations: starter homes (No. 2)

Moved: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington MandevilleSponsor: Lord Foster of Bath#1377
WithdrawnClause 4AddClauseOrSchedule

Insert the following new Clause— “Planning obligations: starter homes

Moved: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington MandevilleSponsor: Lord Foster of Bath#1378
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “under” and insert “at least 23 years old but has not yet reached”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1381
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “or minimum age”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1382
AgreedClause 13EditBillBody

leave out “companies” and insert “bodies corporate”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1383
AgreedClause 17EditBillBody

leave out “company” and insert “body corporate”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1384
AgreedClause 17EditBillBody

leave out “company” and insert “body corporate”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1385
AgreedClause 17EditBillBody

leave out “company” and insert “body corporate”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1386
AgreedClause 17EditBillBody

leave out “company” and insert “body corporate”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1387
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert “whether effected with a mortgage or by means of a contractual agreement to buy, using a shared ownership or rent-to-buy arrangement”

Moved: Lord Lansley#1415
WithdrawnClause 13EditBillBody

at end insert— This section shall not come into force until at least one year after the publication of a draft of regulations to be made under subsection (3).”

Moved: Baroness Gardner of Parkes#1441
WithdrawnClause 4EditBillBody

at end insert— The regulations shall confer discretion on an English planning authority to exclude starter homes on rural exception sites.

Moved: Lord Cameron of DillingtonSponsor: Lord Best, Lord Beecham, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1447
NotMovedClause 3EditBillBody

after “homes” insert “, other home ownership products and affordable homes to rent,”

Moved: Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkSponsor: Lord Beecham, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1461
NotMovedClause 3EditBillBody

at end insert— In addition to its duty under subsection (1) in relation to starter homes, an English planning authority must also ensure that there is an adequate supply of affordable homes in its area for—

Moved: The Earl of Listowel#1465

3rd reading — Lords 20

AgreedClause 80EditBillBody

at end insert— make provision for the level of household income, for the purposes of defining “high income”, to be increased every three years to reflect any increase in the consumer price index.”

Moved: Lord BeechamSponsor: Lord Kennedy of Southwark#1738
AgreedClause 54EditBillBody

at end insert— But a person is not a property manager for the purposes of this Part if the person engages in English property management work in the course of that person’s employment under a contract of employment.”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1739
AgreedClause 115EditBillBody

leave out “means the objectives in” and insert “is to be read in accordance with”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1740
AgreedClause 150EditBillBody

leave out from beginning to end of line 6 on page 78 and insert— Permission in principle granted by a development order takes effect—

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1741
AgreedClause 150EditBillBody

at end insert— In section 333 of that Act (regulations and orders), after subsection (3) insert—

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1742
AgreedClause 154EditBillBody

after “area” insert “in England”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1743
AgreedClause 181EditBillBody

leave out subsection (4)

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1744
AgreedClause 196EditBillBody

leave out “end of the period mentioned in section 52(4)” and insert “last day on which payment could have been made in accordance with section 52(4) or (4ZA)”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1745
AgreedSchedule 7EditBillBody

at end insert— introductory tenancies of dwellings in England granted on or after the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 comes fully into force;”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1746
AgreedSchedule 7EditBillBody

leave out “place” and insert “places”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1747
AgreedSchedule 7EditBillBody

at end insert— “““introductory tenancy” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Housing Act 1996;””

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1748
AgreedSchedule 7EditBillBody

leave out “5” and insert “10”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1749
AgreedSchedule 7EditBillBody

leave out line 16 and insert— no longer than the permitted maximum length.”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1750
AgreedClause 73EditBillBody

leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert— The terms and conditions of an agreement must include—

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1763
AgreedClause 73EditBillBody

leave out “require” and insert “include terms and conditions requiring”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1764
AgreedClause 73EditBillBody

after “responsible” insert “by terms and conditions”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1765
AgreedClause 73EditBillBody

after “subsection” insert “(3) or”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1766
AgreedClause 214EditBillBody

after “section” insert “68(8),”

Moved: Baroness Williams of Trafford#1767
AgreedClause 73EditBillBody

at end insert — If a local housing authority so wishes, and that authority can demonstrate, whether by reference to its local housing plan or otherwise, that there is a need in its area for social housing of the kind that it proposes to build, the Secretary of State shall enter into an agreement with that authority whereby it shall retain such part of the payment as may be required to fund the provision of a new dwelling to be let as social housing on terms (as to tenure, rent or otherwise) which are similar to those on which the old dwelling was let.”

Moved: Lord Kerslake#1768
WithdrawnClause 73EditBillBody

In subsection (3), after “dwelling” insert “in the same local plan area”

Moved: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville#1769