The Town and Country Planning (Crown Development) (Urgent Applications) (Procedure) (England) Order 2025
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What's here
8 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 1
- Applicant 1
Plus 6 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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Applicants also bound by 149 other Acts (top 5 shown)
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- Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 2017 10 duties
What this Act requires
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Part 1 — Preliminary
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Interpretation
Electronic communications
Part 2 — Applications
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Notice of applications for planning permission to be given by the applicant
Time for making type=start slip=2025-05-01 time=1747825327824an urgent Crown development applicationtype=end slip=2025-05-01 time=1747825327824 for planning permission
Applications for planning permission
Applications for approval of reserved matters
Plans and drawings
Publicity of urgent Crown development applications
Representations in relation to urgent Crown development applications
Publicity for EIA development
Prohibition on disclosure of sensitive information
Consultation before determination of application
Consultation before determination of application: EIA development
Consultation with relevant local planning authority
Substantive response to consultation
Time periods for decision: EIA application
Notice of the decision
Publishing the decision and representations
Representations received by the relevant local planning authority
Schedules
Browse 2 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Notice under Article 4
Notice under Article 11
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections exist in the Act but the contents-of-Parts walker did not place them under a Part. Likely amendments or sections inserted out of the original Part structure.
Notice of applications for planning permission to be given by the applicant
- Notify landowners and tenants before urgent Crown development applications Applicant
Applications for approval of reserved matters
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must process urgent Crown reserved matters applications Crown / Minister / Government department
Plans and drawings
- Ensure planning plans and drawings meet scale and orientation requirements Any Person
Consultation before determination of application
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must consult key bodies before approving urgent Crown builds Crown / Minister / Government department
Consultation with relevant local planning authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must consult local planning authority on urgent Crown work Crown / Minister / Government department
Time periods for decision: EIA application
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must wait 30 days before deciding urgent Crown EIA cases Crown / Minister / Government department
Notice of the decision
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must notify applicant of urgent Crown development decision Crown / Minister / Government department
Representations received by the relevant local planning authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local planning authorities must forward urgent Crown development comments Local authority
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Citation, commencement, extent and application
Interpretation
Electronic communications
Time for making an urgent Crown development application for planning permission
Applications for planning permission
Publicity of urgent Crown development applications
Representations in relation to urgent Crown development applications
Publicity for EIA development
Prohibition on disclosure of sensitive information
Consultation before determination of application: EIA development
Substantive response to consultation
Publishing the decision and representations
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