The High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) (Qualifying Authorities) Regulations 2021

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2021/151
Year2021

2021 No. 151

Town And Country Planning, England & Wales

The High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) (Qualifying Authorities) Regulations 2021

Made 11th February 2021

Coming into force 12th February 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Act 20211.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) (Qualifying Authorities) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 12th February 2021.

S-2 Undertakings given by local authorities

Undertakings given by local authorities

2. The planning authorities specified in the Schedule had, on or before the day on which the Bill for the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Act 2021 was reported from Select Committee in the House of Lords, given the Secretary of State undertakings with respect to the handling of the planning matters arising under Schedule 17 to that Act which the Secretary of State considered satisfactory and have not subsequently been released from their undertakings.

Andrew Stephenson

Minister of State

Department for Transport

11th February 2021

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

Qualifying Authorities

Cheshire East Council

East Staffordshire Borough Council

Lichfield District Council

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Shropshire Council

Stafford Borough Council

Staffordshire County Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations specify the planning authorities which are qualifying authorities for the purposes of Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Act 2021. Schedule 17 establishes a planning regime that seeks to give the qualifying authorities an appropriate degree of control over the detailed planning aspects of the Phase 2a stage of the HS2 programme.


(1) 2021 c. 2.

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