To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the proposed infrastructure planning commission will have the remit to consider planning applications for (a) large-scale housing developments, (b) incinerators, (c) sewage plants, (d) wind farm sites and (e) landfill sites. (145153)

Paragraphs 5.4 to 5.12 of the White Paper “Planning for a Sustainable Future” (cm 7120), explain that the proposed infrastructure planning commission would deal with development consent applications for nationally significant transport, water, wastewater and waste infrastructure in England, and energy infrastructure in England and Wales. Local planning authorities will continue to consider the non-nationally significant applications in these sectors that they currently consider. The White Paper does not propose that the infrastructure planning commission would consider any development consent applications for large-scale housing developments.