To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 141W, on planning permission, by how much grant allocation will be reduced if a local planning authority does not complete its priority development plan documents in accordance with the agreed time scale (a) in 2008-09 and (b) under the plans for the new Housing and Planning Delivery Grant system. (279789)

The mechanism for Housing and Planning Delivery Grant HPDG was set out in the Housing and Planning Delivery Grant—Allocation Mechanism and Summary of Consultation Responses which was published in July 2007. The mechanism for determining HPDG for 2008-09 is set out in that document which can be found at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/doc/hpdgresponse

Where a local authority's development plan documents are not delivered in accordance with agreed timetable the amount of grant is reduced as set out in the following table.

We are currently consulting on proposed changes to the Housing and Planning Delivery Grant (HPDG) Consultation on allocation mechanism for year 2 and year 3 which was published on 12 May 2009. The closing date for responses is 23 June 2009. The consultation document does not propose any changes to the mechanism for the delivery of development plan documents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance has been given to local planning authorities on Section 106 agreements with (a) parish councils and (b) voluntary organisations applying to build community facilities. (279924)

The Government's policy on the use of planning obligations (also known as section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) is contained in ‘Circular 05/2005: Planning Obligations’. Further guidance on the use of planning obligations is provided by the publication ‘Planning Obligations: Practice Guidance’, published by the Department for Communities and Local Government in 2006. Both publications are available on the Department's website.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations his Department has received on the infringement of land title or other rights by planning law in the last two years; and if he will make a statement. (280398)

Communities and Local Government received 69 responses to the consultation paper “Overriding easements and other rights: Possible amendment to section 237 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990”, which was published in August 2007. The responses indicated a strong degree of support for the proposed amendment and the amendment was included in schedule 9 of the Planning Act 2008. The consultation paper and a summary of the consultation responses is available at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/archived/publications/planningandbuilding/easementsconsultation