division_name: Housing and Planning Bill (Programme) (No. 2) &#8212; New Clause 57 &#8212; Planning obligations: local first-time buyers
motion: <p pid="d.243.5/1" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8216;(1) After section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (planning obligations) insert&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;106ZA Planning obligations in respect of local first-time buyers</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/3" pwmotiontext="yes">(1) When granting planning permission under 70(1)(a), or permission in principle under 70(1A)(a), for the construction of new dwellings for sale, the local planning authority may require that a proportion of the dwellings are marketed exclusively to local first-time buyers for a specified period.</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/4" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) The &#8220;specified period&#8221; in subsection (1) must start no earlier than six months before the new dwellings have achieved, or are likely to, practical completion.</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/5" pwmotiontext="yes">(3) &#8220;First-time buyer&#8221; in subsection (1) has the meaning given by section 57AA(2) of the Finance Act 2003.</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/7" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) define the &#8220;specified period&#8221; in subsection (1),</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/8" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) define &#8220;local&#8221; in subsection (1), and</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/9" pwmotiontext="yes">(c) the definition &#8220;local&#8221; may vary according to specified circumstances.</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/10" pwmotiontext="yes">(5) The regulations in subsection (4) so far as they apply to local planning authorities in Greater London will not apply to these authorities unless the Secretary of State has consulted and received the consent of the Greater London Authority.&#8221;&#8221; &#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="d.243.5/11" pwmotiontext="yes">(Dr Blackman-Woods.)</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="d.243.5/12" pwmotiontext="yes">This new clause would empower local planning authorities to impose a planning obligation when giving planning permission for the construction of new housing for sale requiring that a proportion of the housing is marketed exclusively to local first time buyers.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="d.243.5/13" pwmotiontext="yes">Brought up, and read the First time.</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/14" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the clause be read a Second time:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="d.243.5/15" pwmotiontext="yes">The Committee divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="d.243.5/16" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 72, Noes 277.</p>