Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 4044
A Bill to make provision for the repeal of section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852; and for connected purposes.
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In plain English
Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill [AS BROUGHT FROM THE COMMONS] EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill is promoted by Cheltenham Borough Council (“the Council”). This Bill provides for the repeal of section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852 (which prohibits market and related activities on the High Street or any other street in the borough of Cheltenham), and for connected purposes.
The papers we read for this bill do not say who would be affected if it became law.
Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill [AS BROUGHT FROM THE COMMONS] EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill is promoted by Cheltenham Borough Council (“the Council”). This Bill provides for the repeal of section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852 (which prohibits market and related activities on the High Street or any other street in the borough of Cheltenham), and for connected purposes.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill [AS BROUGHT FROM THE COMMONS] EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill is promoted by Cheltenham Borough Council (“the Council”). This Bill provides for the repeal of section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852 (which prohibits market and related activities on the High Street or any other street in the borough of Cheltenham), and for connected purposes.. The people who would notice most are: we are still checking who that would be. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill [AS BROUGHT FROM THE COMMONS] EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill is promoted by Cheltenham Borough Council (“the Council”). This Bill provides for the repeal of section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852 (which prohibits market and related activities on the High Street or any other street in the borough of Cheltenham), and for connected purposes..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill [AS BROUGHT FROM THE COMMONS] EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill is promoted by Cheltenham Borough Council (“the Council”). This Bill provides for the repeal of section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852 (which prohibits market and related activities on the High Street or any other street in the borough of Cheltenham), and for connected purposes.
It is currently at 3rd reading in the Lords.
Passage signals — procedural trajectory, not a merit judgement
Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill is a private bill, currently at 3rd reading in the Lords. Its type and progress so far point towards it completing its remaining stages, based on how similar bills have progressed.
Private bills affect specific organisations or places and follow their own petition-based procedure, separate from public bills.
The bill has completed its stages in the Commons and moved to the second House. Bills that pass one House usually go on to complete the rest.
The bill sat recently and no future date is needed yet for it to be considered active.
The bill was carried over rather than allowed to fall at the end of the session — usually a sign the Government intends to complete it.
This outlook reads the bill's procedural trajectory only — its type, the stage it has reached, and its momentum — against how similar bills have historically progressed through Parliament. It is not a score, not a judgement on the bill's merits, and not a recommendation to support or oppose it. It sits alongside, and separate from, the Green Book five-case appraisal.
These UK Acts sit in a similar policy space and are already law. Pairing uses this proposal’s official papers (and the plain-English note themes). It is not a verdict that the proposal is redundant or unnecessary.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2014-02-04
Reading Borough Council Act 2013
Same policy area (“Local government”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2011-10-21
Bournemouth Borough Council 2010
Same policy area (“Local government”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2021-04-09
Canterbury City Council Act 2013
Same policy area (“Local government”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2014-02-11
Hertfordshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Act 2014
Same policy area (“Local government”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2014-02-04
Nottingham City Council Act 2013
Same policy area (“Local government”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
Nearby instruments in a similar policy space — lighter context while you read this UK proposal. Not a ranking, and not a recommendation.
Enacted 2026-07-20 (No. 27 of 2026)
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024, the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025 and the Planning and Development Act 2000, and, in that connection, to amend certain other enactments; to amend the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 for the purpose of increasing the borrowing limit of the Housing Finance Agency; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Matched via Oireachtas search for “local government planning” (Local government).
Open sourceEU instrument (CELEX 32024L1275)
Often implemented via local authorities — used as a peer for local-government delivery bills.
Selected as the closest EU peer for the “Local government” policy category. EU law uses directives/regulations, not Commons/Lords stages.
Open source