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Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Commons Third Reading, Lords Committee Proposals (Proportionality, Overlapping Permissions), NSIP Examination Reforms, Marine Conservation Zones and Nature Restoration Levy—Practitioner Implications and Timetable

Published on: 18 July 2025

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The Bill won third-reading approval in the Commons on 10 June 2025 by 306 votes to 174, clearing its final Commons obstacle, thereby completing its journey through that House. A Commons Library briefing issued on 5 June 2025 identified the main report-stage flashpoints and now serves as the peers’ baseline analysis considering the report stage. The Lords took receipt of the Bill on 12 June 2025 and granted it a second reading on 25 June 2025, paving the way for rigorous scrutiny. A total of four committee-stage days are timetabled: 17 July 2025, 24 July 2025, 2 September 2025 and 4 September 2025, on those dates. On 12 June 2025, Wild Justice lodged a judicial review contending that Part 3 unlawfully weakens habitats protection, with the Office for Environmental Protection joining as an interested party. See: LNB News 23/06/2025. Environmental NGOs continue to press peers to remove or drastically rewrite Part 3, calling it a ‘licence to kill nature’, continuing to apply pressure.

Key changes at third reading

New Clause 37 revises section 89 of the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008), requiring examining authorities to take every procedural decision with explicit regard to their initial assessment of principal...

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