UK Act of Parliament 1990 United Kingdom

Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Part VIII (Sections 197-214)

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Penalty landscape

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Who this Act binds

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  • Any Person 34
  • Occupier 3
  • Landlord 2
  • Applicant 2
  • Director or Officer 1

Plus 52 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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What this Act requires

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Part I — Planning Authorities

s.002

Representation hearings

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Mayor of London must hold representation hearings for major planning applications Local authority
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s.002

The Mayor of London: applications of potential strategic importance

s.002

Section 2A: supplementary provisions

s.002

Matters reserved for subsequent approval

s.002

Further provision about orders under section 2A

s.002

Section 2A and planning obligations under section 106

s.004

National Parks with National Park authorities.

s.007

Mayoral development areas

s.007

New towns

s.008

The Homes and Communities Agency.

Part II

s.033

Public participation.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must consult the public on structure plan changes Local authority
s.035

Examination in public.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must hold a public examination of structure plans Local authority
s.036

Local plans.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must prepare local development plans Local authority
s.040

Public participation.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local Planning Authority must consult the public on local plans Local authority
s.050

Joint structure and local plans.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must cooperate and provide plans for public inspection Local authority
s.054

Status of development plans.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must decide planning applications based on the development plan Local authority
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s.010

Application of Chapter I in relation to Wales.

s.012

Urban development corporations.

s.021

“Greater London: conformity with spatial development strategy.

s.023

Joint unitary development plans: Wales.

s.023

Unitary development plans for National Parks in Wales.

s.023

Joint unitary development plans for National Parks in Wales.

s.027

Meaning of “development plan” in relation to Wales.

s.028

Application of Chapter I in relation to Wales: transitional provisions.

s.035

Calling in of proposals for approval by Secretary of State.

s.035

Duties to notify authorities responsible for local plans

s.051

Urban development corporations.

Part III — Control over development

s.061

Intervention by Secretary of State or National Assembly

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State or Welsh Ministers may intervene in local development orders Crown / Minister / Government department
s.061

Guidance

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must follow government guidance on neighbourhood orders Local authority
s.062

Notifying parish councils of applications under section 62A(1)

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must notify parish councils of planning applications Crown / Minister / Government department
s.062

Notifying community councils of applications made to Welsh Ministers

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh Ministers must notify community councils of major planning applications Crown / Minister / Government department
s.062

Wales: notice that application is not valid

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must notify applicant if application is invalid Local authority
s.062

Appeals under section 62ZB: determination by Welsh Ministers in place of appointed person

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh Ministers may take over an appeal from an appointed person Crown / Minister / Government department
s.070

Power to decline to determine applications in cases of earlier non-implementation etc

Unlimited fine
  • Make false or misleading statement to planning authority Any Person
  • Provide false information in response to planning notice Any Person
s.075

Information about neighbourhood development plans

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Planning reports must detail how neighbourhood plans were considered Local authority
s.090

Condition relating to development progress reports in England

  • Submit annual development progress reports for residential projects Any Person
s.093

Commencement notices

Fine up to £1,000
  • Fail to give information after a commencement notice Any Person
s.096

Power to make non-material changes to planning permission or permission in principle

  • Apply for non-material changes to existing planning permission Any Person
s.106

Planning obligations.

Fine up to £1,000 Amended 21 times
  • Obstruct local authority from carrying out planning obligation works Any Person
  • Obstruct planning authority when it carries out required works Any Person
s.106

Modification and discharge of planning obligations.

Amended 21 times
s.106

Appeals in relation to applications under section 106A.

Amended 21 times
s.106

Modification or discharge of affordable housing requirements

Amended 21 times
s.106

Duty to notify the Mayor of London of certain applications under section 106BA

Amended 21 times
s.106

Appeals in relation to applications under section 106BA

Amended 21 times
s.106

Legal challenges relating to development consent obligations

Amended 21 times
s.106

Legal challenges relating to infrastructure consent obligations

Amended 21 times
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s.058

Permission in principle: general

s.059

Development orders: permission in principle

s.061

Local development orders

s.061

Permission granted by local development order

s.061

Effect of revision or revocation of development order on incomplete development

s.061

Mayoral development orders

s.061

Permission granted by Mayoral development order

s.061

Preparation and making of Mayoral development order

s.061

Revision or revocation of Mayoral development order

s.061

Effect of revision or revocation on incomplete development

s.061

Neighbourhood development orders

s.061

Authorisation to act in relation to neighbourhood areas

s.061

Meaning of “neighbourhood area”

s.061

Neighbourhood areas designated as business areas

s.061

Neighbourhood areas in areas of two or more local planning authorities

s.061

Provision that may be made by neighbourhood development order

s.061

Meaning of “excluded development”

s.061

Permission granted by neighbourhood development orders

s.061

Revocation or modification of neighbourhood development orders

s.061

Legal challenges in relation to neighbourhood development orders

s.061

Provision as to the making of certain decisions by local planning authorities

s.061

Community right to build orders

s.061

Street vote development orders

s.061

Qualifying groups

s.061

Meaning of “street area”

s.061

Process for making street vote development orders

s.061

Referendums

s.061

Regulations: general provision

s.061

Provision that may be made by a street vote development order

s.061

Meaning of “excluded development”

s.061

Permission granted by street vote development orders

s.061

Revocation or modification of street vote development orders

s.061

Financial assistance in relation to street votes

s.061

Street votes: connected modifications

s.061

Interpretation

s.061

England: requirement to carry out pre-application consultation

s.061

Duty to take account of responses to consultation

s.061

Power to make supplementary provision

s.061

Pre-application services: records and statement of services

s.061

Wales: pre-application services

s.062

When application may be made directly to Secretary of State

s.062

Designation for the purposes of section 62A

s.062

Developments of national significance: applications to be made to Welsh Ministers

s.062

Notification of proposed application under section 62D

s.062

Developments of national significance: secondary consents

s.062

Developments of national significance: supplementary provision about secondary consents

s.062

Developments of national significance: meaning of secondary consent

s.062

Requirement to submit local impact report

s.062

Duty to have regard to local impact report

s.062

Local impact report: supplementary

s.062

Timetable for determining applications

s.062

Option to make application directly to Welsh Ministers

s.062

Designation for the purposes of section 62M

s.062

Option to make application to Welsh Ministers: connected applications

s.062

Applications to the Welsh Ministers: supplementary

s.062

Power to make provision by development order in respect of applications to Welsh Ministers

s.062

Exercise of functions by appointed person

s.062

Right to appeal to Welsh Ministers against notice

s.062

Appeals under section 62ZB: determination by appointed person

s.069

The register: additional requirements in relation to England

s.070

Power of local planning authority to decline to determine applications. Power to decline to determine subsequent application.

s.070

Power to decline to determine overlapping application

s.070

Power to decline to determine retrospective application

s.071

Assessment of environmental effects.

s.071

Decision notices: Wales

s.071

Notification of initiation of development and display of notice: Wales

s.073

Planning permission for development already carried out.

s.074

Deemed discharge of planning conditions

s.074

Conditions relating to construction working hours

s.074

Effect of application under section 74B

s.074

Sections 74B and 74C: supplementary

s.075

Provisions applying for purpose of applications made to the Welsh Ministers

s.076

Major infrastructure projects

s.076

Major infrastructure projects: inspectors

s.076

Provisions applying to applications made under section 62A

s.076

Deciding applications made under section 62A

s.076

Applications under section 62A: determination by Secretary of State

s.078

Appeal made: functions of local planning authorities

s.090

Biodiversity gain in England

s.092

Extension of outline planning permission etc in event of legal challenge

s.093

Extension of certain planning permissions: automatic extension

s.093

Extension of certain planning permissions: additional environmental approval

s.093

Interpretation of sections 93A and 93B

s.093

Outline planning permission: automatic extension of time limits for application for approval

s.093

Outline planning permission: automatic extension of certain time limits for beginning development

s.093

Outline planning permission: extension of limits for beginning development with additional environmental approval

s.093

Completion notices

s.093

Appeals against completion notices

s.093

Effect of completion notices

s.100

Wales: consultation etc in respect of certain applications relating to planning permission

s.100

Restrictions on power to impose planning conditions in England

Part IV — Compensation for Effects of Certain Orders, Notices, etc.

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Part V

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Part VI — Rights of owners etc. to require purchase of interests

s.137

Purchase notices: Crown land

Unlimited fine Amended 7 times
  • Offer to sell your interest to the Crown before serving a purchase notice Any Person
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s.147

Application of Chapter I to National Parks.

s.164

Power of Welsh Ministers to acquire land identified by National Development Framework for Wales where blight notice served

s.165

Power of Secretary of State to acquire land identified in national policy statements where blight notice served

s.165

Power of Welsh Ministers to acquire land identified in infrastructure policy statements where blight notice served

s.165

Power of Greater London Authority to acquire land affected by designation of Mayoral development area where blight notice served

Part VII — Enforcement

s.171

Expressions used in connection with enforcement.

Amended 2 times
s.171

Time limits.

Amended 2 times
s.171

Time limits in cases involving concealment

Amended 2 times
s.171

Planning enforcement orders: procedure

Amended 2 times
s.171

Making a planning enforcement order

Amended 2 times
s.171

Power to require information about activities on land.

Amended 2 times
s.171

Penalties for non-compliance with planning contravention notice.

Fine up to £1,000 Amended 2 times
  • Fail to comply with planning contravention notice Any Person
s.171

Temporary stop notice

Amended 2 times
s.171

Temporary stop notice: restrictions

Amended 2 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must follow restrictions on stop notices Local authority
s.171

Temporary stop notice: offences

Unlimited fine Amended 2 times
  • Breach a temporary stop notice Any Person
  • Fail to comply with a temporary stop notice Any Person
s.171

Temporary stop notice: compensation

Amended 2 times
s.172

Assurance as regards prosecution for person served with notice

Amended 2 times
s.172

Enforcement warning notice: England

Amended 2 times
s.173

Contents and effect of notice.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local Planning Authority must issue detailed enforcement notices Local authority
s.187

Enforcement of conditions.

Unlimited fine Amended 2 times
  • Fail to comply with a breach of condition notice Any Person
  • Fail to comply with planning condition notice Any Person
s.187

Injunctions restraining breaches of planning control.

Amended 2 times
s.196

Rights to enter without warrant.

Amended 6 times
s.196

Right to enter under warrant.

Amended 6 times
s.196

Rights of entry: supplementary provisions.

Fine up to £1,000 Amended 6 times
  • Obstruct authorised entry onto land Any Person
s.196

Offence of failing to obtain planning permission for demolition of unlisted etc buildings in conservation areas in England

Amended 6 times
s.196

Power to provide relief from enforcement of planning conditions

Amended 6 times
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s.173

Variation and withdrawal of enforcement notices.

s.173

Enforcement warning notice: Wales

Part VIII — Special Controls

s.202

Tree preservation regulations: general

Amended 2 times
s.202

Tree preservation regulations: making of tree preservation orders

Amended 2 times
s.202

Tree preservation regulations: prohibited activities

Amended 2 times
s.202

Tree preservation regulations: consent for prohibited activities

Amended 2 times
s.202

Tree preservation regulations: compensation

Amended 2 times
s.202

Tree preservation regulations: registers

Amended 2 times
s.202

Tree preservation regulations: supplementary

Amended 2 times
s.214

Registers of s. 211 notices.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must maintain a register of tree notices Local authority
s.214

Rights of entry: supplementary provisions.

Fine up to £1,000
  • Willfully obstruct a planning authority’s right of entry Any Person
s.225

Power to remove structures used for unauthorised display

Amended 8 times
s.225

Appeal against notice under section 225A

Amended 8 times
s.225

Remedying persistent problems with unauthorised advertisements

Unlimited fine Amended 8 times
  • Comply with action notices regarding persistent unauthorised advertisements Occupier
s.225

Right to appeal against notice under section 225C

Amended 8 times
s.225

Applying section 225C to statutory undertakers' operational land

Amended 8 times
s.225

Power to remedy defacement of premises

Amended 8 times
s.225

Notices under section 225F in respect of post boxes

Amended 8 times
s.225

Section 225F powers as respects bus shelters and other street furniture

Amended 8 times
s.225

Right to appeal against notice under section 225F

Amended 8 times
s.225

Remedying defacement at owner or occupier's request

Amended 8 times
s.225

Action under sections 225A, 225C and 225F: operational land

Amended 8 times
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s.214

Injunctions.

s.214

Rights to enter without warrant.

s.214

Right to enter under warrant.

Part IX — Acquisition and Appropriation of Land for Planning Purposes, etc.

s.226

Compulsory acquisition of land by combined authorities and CCAs

Amended 22 times
s.244

Powers of National Park authorities under Part IX.

Amended 1 time
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Part X — Highways

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Part XI — Statutory Undertakers

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Part XII — Validity

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Part XIII — Application of Act to Crown Land

s.293

Urgent Crown development: application to the Welsh Ministers

Amended 16 times
s.293

Urgent Crown development: applications to the Secretary of State

Amended 16 times
s.293

Urgent Crown development: determination of applications by the Secretary of State

Amended 16 times
s.293

Crown development: applications to the Secretary of State

Amended 16 times
s.293

Crown development: connected applications to the Secretary of State

Amended 16 times
s.293

Applications under section 293D or 293E : supplementary matters

Amended 16 times
s.293

Notifying parish councils of applications under section 293D (2)

Amended 16 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must notify parish councils of Crown development applications Crown / Minister / Government department
s.293

Provisions applying to applications made under section 293D or 293E

Amended 16 times
s.293

Deciding applications made under section 293D or 293E

Amended 16 times
s.293

Applications under section 293D or 293E : determination by the Secretary of State

Amended 16 times
s.296

Enforcement in relation to the Crown

Amended 3 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must obtain Crown consent before enforcing on Crown land Local authority
s.296

References to an interest in land

Amended 3 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Establish the correct authority for Crown or Duchy land interests Crown / Minister / Government department
s.298

Applications for planning permission etc by Crown

Amended 3 times
s.299

Crown planning obligations.

Amended 1 time
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s.292

Application to the Crown

Part XIV — Financial Provisions

s.303

Responsibility of local planning authorities for costs of holding certain inquiries etc.

Amended 27 times
s.303

Fees for appeals

Amended 27 times
s.303

Directions in relation to fees set by English local planning authorities etc

Amended 27 times
s.303

Surcharge on planning fees

Amended 27 times
s.304

Grants for advice and assistance

Amended 1 time
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Part XV — Miscellaneous and General Provisions

s.314

Wales: duties relating to listed buildings and features of architectural or historic interest

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authorities must prioritize preserving listed buildings in Wales Local authority
s.316

Local planning authorities as statutory undertakers.

Amended 8 times
s.321

Appointed representative: no inquiry

Amended 1 time
s.321

Special provision in relation to planning inquiries: Wales

Amended 1 time
s.322

Orders as to costs: supplementary.

Amended 7 times
s.322

Local inquiries in London: special provision as to costs in certain cases.

Amended 7 times
s.322

Costs: Wales

Amended 7 times
s.323

Procedure for certain proceedings: Wales

Amended 12 times
s.325

Rights of entry: Crown land

Amended 2 times
s.327

Applications: compliance with requirements

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must reject invalid or incomplete applications Local authority
s.329

Service of notices on the Crown

Amended 13 times
s.330

Information as to interests in Crown land

Amended 16 times
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s.319

Determination of procedure for certain proceedings: England

s.319

Determination of procedure for certain proceedings: Wales

s.319

Requirement for functions to be discharged by committee, sub-committee or officer

s.319

Size and composition of committee discharging functions

s.319

Sections 319ZA and 319ZB: supplementary

s.319

Interpretation of sections 319ZA to 319ZC

s.319

Training: local planning authorities in England

s.319

Training: certain mayoral planning functions

s.319

Requirement for functions to be discharged by committee, sub-committee or officer

s.319

Size and composition of committee discharging functions

s.319

Sections 319ZZC and 319ZZD: supplementary

s.319

Interpretation of sections 319ZZC to 319ZZE

s.327

Planning applications in England: powers as to form and content

Schedules

s.015

Preliminary

Fine up to £200
  • Obstruct a planning enforcement officer Any Person
s.sch001

(1) A local planning authority must not determine an application...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Consult county planning authority before deciding certain planning applications Local authority
s.sch001

(1) A local planning authority who have the function of...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notify parish councils of relevant planning applications Local authority
s.sch001

(1) A local planning authority who have the function of...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notify neighbourhood forums about relevant planning applications Local authority
s.sch001a

Distribution of Local Planning Authority Functions: Wales

  • Identify Enforcing Council for Planning Obligations in Wales Any Person
s.sch001a

(1) A local planning authority who have the function of...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must notify community councils of relevant planning applications on request Local authority
s.sch004a

(1) The local planning authority may at any time prepare...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authorities must revise local development orders when directed by government Local authority
s.sch004b

(1) A qualifying body is entitled to submit a proposal...

  • Submit proposal for neighbourhood development order with required documents Any Person
s.sch004b

(1) If— (a) the local planning authority propose to make...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority must notify you if it disagrees with examiner's recommendation Local authority
s.sch004b

(1) A local planning authority may decline to consider a...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local planning authority may decline to consider repeat neighbourhood development proposals Local authority
s.sch004c

(1) A community organisation is authorised for the purposes of...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notify proposer if planning authority declines community build order proposal Local authority
s.sch004d

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by a further direction revoke...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh Ministers must revoke direction and appoint new decision-maker Crown / Minister / Government department
s.sch009

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), nothing in a suspension order...

  • Notify mineral planning authority before recommencing mineral working under a suspension order Any Person
s.sch009

(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State to...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State can make mineral planning orders without local authority consent Crown / Minister / Government department
s.sch009

(1) An order under paragraph 3 shall not take effect...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Mineral planning authority must notify landowners/occupiers about suspension orders and provide hearing opportunity Local authority
s.sch009

(1) It shall be the duty of a mineral planning...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Mineral planning authority must review suspension orders every 5 years Local authority
s.sch014

(1) The Secretary of State shall not confirm an order...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must obtain undertakers' consent before extinguishing rights of way over utility apparatus Crown / Minister / Government department
s.sch015

(1) At any time before the relevant date any officer...

Fine up to £200
  • Obstruct planning enforcement officer Any Person
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s.sch001

(1) In this Schedule “county matter” means in relation to...

s.sch001

Elsewhere than in a National Park, the functions of a...

s.sch001

(1) The functions of a local planning authority of—

s.sch001

In sections 178(1), 181(4)(b) and 190(2) to (5) any reference...

s.sch001

The functions of a local planning authority under section 187B...

s.sch001

(1) In the case of any area for which there...

s.sch001

The functions of local planning authorities under sections 69, 211,...

s.sch001

(1) The copy of the notice required to be served...

s.sch001

(1) Claims for payment of compensation under section 107 (including...

s.sch001

Claims for payment of compensation under a tree preservation order...

s.sch001

The local planning authority by whom compensation is to be...

s.sch001

(1) Elsewhere than in a metropolitan county or a National...

s.sch001

Local Planning Authorities: Distribution of Functions

s.sch001

(1) The local planning authority whom the Secretary of State...

s.sch001

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the provisions of this Schedule...

s.sch001

(1) The functions of a local planning authority of determining—...

s.sch001

(1) . . . . . . . . ....

s.sch001

(1) The Secretary of State may include in a development...

s.sch001

(1) A development order may also include provision requiring a...

s.sch001

(1) This paragraph applies to the functions of local planning...

s.sch001

(1) The functions of local planning authorities under the provisions...

s.sch001a

(1) Where a local planning authority are not the local...

s.sch001a

The local planning authority by whom compensation is to be...

s.sch001a

In relation to land in the area of a joint...

s.sch001a

Paragraphs 4 to 10 apply only in relation to any...

s.sch001a

In sections 178(1), 181(4)(b) and 190(2), (3) and (5) any...

s.sch001a

The functions of a local planning authority under section 187B...

s.sch001a

Where a local planning authority have made a tree preservation...

s.sch001a

(1) The copy of the notice required to be served...

s.sch001a

(1) Claims for payment of compensation under section 107 (including...

s.sch001a

Claims for payment of compensation under a tree preservation order...

s.sch002

(1) Every existing plan which relates to any part of...

s.sch002

Development Plans: Transitional Provisions

s.sch002

Development Plans: Transitional Provisions

s.sch002

Development Plans: Transitional Provisions

s.sch002

Development Plans: Transitional Provisions

s.sch002

Development Plans: Transitional Provisions

s.sch002

Development Plans: Transitional Provisions

s.sch002

(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where— (a) a local plan is...

s.sch002

Development Plans: Transitional Provisions

s.sch002

(1) Where under Chapter I of Part II of this...

s.sch002

(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) a unitary development plan...

s.sch002

In this Part of this Schedule, “ local plan ”...

s.sch003

The carrying out of— (a) the rebuilding, as often as...

s.sch003

(1) Any reference in this Schedule to the cubic content...

s.sch003

Development Not Constituting New Development

s.sch003

(1) In this Schedule “at a material date” means at...

s.sch003

(1) In relation to a building erected after 1st July...

s.sch003

Development Not Constituting New Development

s.sch003

The use as two or more separate dwellinghouses of any...

s.sch003

Development Not Constituting New Development

s.sch003

Development Not Constituting New Development

s.sch003

Development Not Constituting New Development

s.sch003

Development Not Constituting New Development

s.sch003

Development Not Constituting New Development

s.sch003

Development Not Constituting New Development

s.sch003

Where after 1st July 1948— (a) any buildings or works...

s.sch004

Where on lst July 1948 land was being temporarily used...

s.sch004

Where on 1st July 1948 land was normally used for...

s.sch004

Where land was unoccupied on 1st July 1948, but had...

s.sch004

Notwithstanding anything in paragraphs 1 to 3, the use of...

s.sch004a

Local development orders: procedure

s.sch004a

(1) A local development order must be prepared in accordance...

s.sch004a

A local development order is of no effect unless it...

s.sch004a

(1) The report made under section 35 of the Planning...

s.sch004a

(1) The report made by a local planning authority under...

s.sch004b

Process for making of neighbourhood development orders

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(1) The examiner must make a report on the draft...

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(1) Regulations may make provision in connection with examinations under...

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(1) This paragraph applies if an examiner has made a...

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Regulations may make provision— (a) requiring any prescribed action falling...

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Intervention powers of Secretary of State

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Regulations may make provision supplementing that made by paragraph 13B;...

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(1) This paragraph makes provision in relation to a referendum...

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(1) The additional referendum mentioned in paragraph 12(4) must be...

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(1) The Secretary of State ... may by regulations make...

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In this Schedule— “ the Convention rights ” has the...

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(1) A qualifying body may withdraw a proposal at any...

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(1) A local planning authority must give such advice or...

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(1) Regulations may make provision as to requirements that must...

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(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a proposal has been...

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(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a local planning authority...

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(1) The examiner must consider the following—

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(1) The general rule is that the examination of the...

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Community right to build orders

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(1) This Schedule makes special provision about a particular type...

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(1) The provision made by sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) of...

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(1) Regulations may make provision for securing that in prescribed...

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(1) The provision that may be made by regulations under...

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(1) A neighbourhood development order is a community right to...

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(1) For the purposes of this Schedule a “community organisation”...

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(1) A community organisation is to be regarded as a...

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(1) A local planning authority must decline to consider a...

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The provisions of Schedule 4B have effect in relation to...

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Any reference in that Schedule to section 61E(2) includes a...

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Any reference in that Schedule to section 61F includes a...

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EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS BY APPOINTED PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH DEVELOPMENTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND APPLICATIONS MADE TO THE WELSH MINISTERS

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(1) Unless a direction otherwise is given under paragraph 9,...

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A copy of a direction given under paragraph 9 in...

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(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where, in consequence of a direction...

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Subject to that, for the purpose of the exercise of...

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Where an appointed person holds a hearing or inquiry in...

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Unless a direction otherwise is given under paragraph 9—

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Where a person has been appointed under paragraph ... 2...

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(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraphs 5...

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A person appointed under paragraph 2 to determine an application...

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(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where any enactment (other than this...

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Where a decision on a relevant application ... is determined...

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(1) It is not a ground of application to the...

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The Welsh Ministers may direct that functions specified in the...

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(1) Every planning permission for development —

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(1) Where— (a) planning permission for development consisting of the...

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(1) In a case where— (a) the use specified in...

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(1) Before imposing an aftercare condition, the mineral planning authority...

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If, on the application of any person with an interest...

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A person who has complied with an aftercare condition but...

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An order under section 97 may in relation to planning...

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Paragraphs 2(3) to (9) and 3 to 6 shall apply...

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In this Schedule any reference to a mineral planning authority...

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(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe classes...

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(1) An appointed person shall have the same powers and...

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(1) The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit,...

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(1) The Secretary of State may by a further direction...

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(1) At any time before the appointed person has determined...

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(1) Whether or not the parties to an appeal have...

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If before or during the determination of an appeal under...

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(1) The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 shall apply to...

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(1) A simplified planning zone scheme shall consist of a...

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(1) Before the proposals have been adopted by the local...

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(1) The Secretary of State may after considering proposals submitted...

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(1) Where — (a) a local planning authority are directed...

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(1) Without prejudice to the previous provisions of this Schedule,...

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An authority who decide under section 83(2) to make or...

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(1) If a person requests a local planning authority to...

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(1) A simplified planning zone direction is—

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(1) A local planning authority proposing to make or alter...

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Where a local planning authority have prepared a proposed simplified...

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(1) The documents sent by the local planning authority to...

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(1) Where objections to the proposed scheme or alterations are...

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(1) After the expiry of the period for making objections...

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Biodiversity gain in England

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Overview

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Registered offsite biodiversity gains

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Biodiversity credits

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General

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Introduction

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General Rule

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The general rule does not apply where—

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Rules in cases involving the Mayor of London

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(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the Mayor of London...

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(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the Mayor of London...

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Rule in case involving combined authorities

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Rule in cases involving orders made under other Acts

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Supplementary

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References in this Part of this Schedule to the local...

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General condition of planning permission

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Biodiversity gain plan

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Approval of biodiversity gain plan

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Regulations about determinations

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Exceptions

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Modifications for irreplaceable habitat

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Modifications for particular kinds of planning permission

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Biodiversity gain objective

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(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision...

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Further application of this Part

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Biodiversity value and the biodiversity metric

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(1) The biodiversity metric is a document for measuring, for...

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Pre-development biodiversity value

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If— (a) a person carries on activities on land on...

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If— (a) a person carries on activities on land on...

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(1) This paragraph applies where there is insufficient evidence of...

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Where planning permission is granted in respect of land which...

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Post-development biodiversity value

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(1) This paragraph applies in relation to any development for...

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(1) A Planning Inquiry Commission shall consist of a chairman...

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(1) Two or more of the matters mentioned in section...

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(1) A commission inquiring into a matter referred to them...

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(1) A reference to a Planning Inquiry Commission of a...

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(1) A Planning Inquiry Commission shall, for the purpose of...

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In relation to the matters specified in the first column...

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Where an entry in the second, third or fourth columns...

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(1) If, having regard to the development plan and to...

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In this Schedule any reference to a mineral planning authority...

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(1) An order under paragraph 1 may impose a restoration...

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(1) Where it appears to the mineral planning authority—

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(1) Where it appears to the mineral planning authority—

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(1) At any time when a suspension order is in...

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a suspension order or a...

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A suspension order or a supplementary suspension order shall be...

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Where the building to be rebuilt or altered is the...

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Where the building to be rebuilt or altered is not...

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In determining under this Schedule the purpose for which floor...

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(1) For the purposes of this Schedule gross floor space...

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In relation to a building erected after 1st July 1948...

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Blighted Land

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Land within an area declared to be a clearance area...

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Land which— (a) is surrounded by or adjoining an area...

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Land indicated by information published in pursuance of section 92...

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Land indicated in a development plan (otherwise than by being...

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Land on or adjacent to the line of a highway...

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Land shown on plans approved by a resolution of a...

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Land comprised in the site of a highway as proposed...

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Land shown on plans approved by a resolution of a...

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Land shown in a written notice given by the Secretary...

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Land which— (a) either— (i) is within the outer lines...

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Land which is identified for the purposes of relevant public...

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Land in Wales which is identified for the purposes of...

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Land in Wales which is identified for the purposes of...

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Blighted Land

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Land indicated by information published in pursuance of section 257...

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Land authorised by a special enactment to be compulsorily acquired,...

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Land in respect of which— (a) a compulsory purchase order...

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Land— (a) the compulsory acquisition of which is authorised by...

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Land falls within this paragraph if— (a) the compulsory acquisition...

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Land falls within this paragraph if— (a) the compulsory acquisition...

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Land falls within this paragraph if the land is in...

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(1) Land falls within this paragraph if the land is...

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Blighted Land

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Blighted Land

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Land indicated in a plan (other than a development plan)...

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Land in respect of which a local planning authority—

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Land within an area described as the site of a...

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Land within an area designated as the site of a...

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Land which is— (a) within an area intended to be...

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Land which is within an area designated under section 197...

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(1) Before an order under section 257 or 258 is...

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If no representations or objections are duly made, or if...

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(1) This paragraph applies where any representation or objection which...

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(1) A decision of the Secretary of State under paragraph...

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Regulations under this Act may, subject to this Part of...

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(1) As soon as possible after an order under section...

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Where an order under section 257 or 258 has come...

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In this Schedule an application under section 302(3) and a...

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(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that...

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The Secretary of State may give directions to any authority...

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On any compliance determination application or any appeal under this...

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(1) This paragraph applies where before the relevant date any...

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(1) Any notice or other document required or authorised to...

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Parts XIV and XV do not apply to section 302...

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(1) A compliance determination application may be made with respect...

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A compliance determination application shall be accompanied by such plans...

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(1) The authority to whom a compliance determination application is...

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(1) Where a compliance determination application is made to an...

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(1) Where the applicant is aggrieved by a compliance determination,...

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(1) On such an appeal the Secretary of State may...

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Subject to paragraph 9 and to any determination or decision...

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Where a compliance determination has been given that works on...

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Schedule 17 para.1

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The following provisions of the Highways Act 1980— section 73(1)...

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The following further provisions of the Highways Act 1980—

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Section 279 of the Highways Act 1980 so far as...

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Any enactment making such provision as might by virtue of...

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Any enactment which has been previously excluded or modified by...

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The following abbreviations are used in this Table:— 1946 c....

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The Table does not show the effect of transfer of...

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The letter R followed by a number indicates that the...

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The entry “drafting” indicates a provision of a mechanical or...

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