To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2362) was accompanied by an explanatory memorandum running to 39 pages when the order appears to be solely a correction of typing errors. [HL1470]

The schedule to Statutory Instrument 2008/2362 comprises substantive legislative amendments to the order which introduces significant changes to householder permitted development rights. The order is accompanied by an Explanatory Memorandum and three impact assessments which cover the changes to householder permitted development rights, the restriction on front garden paving and making World Heritage Sites article 1(5) land.