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Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Type Public General Act

Publication 1990-05-24

Last updated 2026-04-14

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(4) What may be recovered under this section by the appropriate authority is the entire administrative cost of, or incidental to, the qualifying procedure , so far as borne by it, including, in particular, such reasonable amount or element as it may determine in respect of the general staff costs and overheads of his department.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the appropriate authority may by regulations prescribe a standard daily amount in relation to any description of qualifying procedure and any description of person appointed to hold it, ... and where, in relation to a qualifying procedure of that description, a person of that description is or has been so appointed, what may be recovered in respect of that qualifying procedure by virtue of the appointment of that person ... is—

(a) the prescribed standard amount from time to time applicable in the case of that qualifying procedure and that person in respect of each day, or an appropriate proportion of that amount in respect of a part of a day, on which that person is engaged in the holding of, or is otherwise engaged on work connected with, the qualifying procedure ;

(b) any costs actually incurred on travelling or subsistence allowances payable to that person in connection with the qualifying procedure ;

(d) any other costs attributable to the appointment of that person.

(6) The cost of, or incidental to, a qualifying procedure which does not take place may be recovered by the appropriate authority from the local planning authority or corporate joint committee from which it would have been recoverable, had the qualifying procedure taken place, to the same extent, and in the same way, as the cost of, or incidental to, a qualifying procedure which does take place.

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(9A) A reference to a local planning authority or corporate joint committee causing a qualifying procedure to be carried out includes a reference to the case where under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004—

(a) the local planning authority or corporate joint committee are required to submit a strategy, plan or document to the appropriate authority for independent examination, or

(b) the Secretary of State holds an independent examination in relation to a document prepared by the local planning authority, or by the Secretary of State under section 15HA(3)(b) or 15HA(6)(a) of that Act.

(9B) In a case where a qualifying procedure is carried out in relation to a plan that is prepared jointly by two or more local planning authorities under Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Secretary of State may for the purposes of this section apportion the amount that may be recovered in accordance with subsections (4) to (6) between those authorities, on such basis as the Secretary of State considers just and reasonable.

(10) In this section—

(za) any reference to an independent examination under section 15D of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 includes a pause of such an examination under section 15DA of that Act;

(a) any reference to costs borne by the appropriate authority includes a reference to costs which, apart from this section, would fall, or would have fallen, to be borne by it ; and

(b) any reference to any remuneration or allowance being paid or payable to a person includes a reference to its being paid or payable for him.

(11) This section applies in relation to costs arising before, as well as costs arising after, its coming into force.

(12) In this section references to a local planning authority are, in relation to a local planning authority in England, to a local planning authority for the purposes of Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and include a minerals and waste planning authority for the purposes of that Part.

Grants for research and education.

304

The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make grants for assisting establishments engaged in promoting or assisting research relating to, and education with respect to, the planning and design of the physical environment.

Grants for advice and assistance

304A

(1) The appropriate authority may make grants for the purpose of assisting any person to provide advice and assistance in connection with any matter which is related to—

(a) the planning Acts;

(b) the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;

(ba) the Planning Act 2008;

(2) The enactments are enactments which relate to planning contained in the following Acts—

(a) the Planning and Compensation Act 1991;

(b) the Transport and Works Act 1992;

(3) The appropriate authority may make a grant subject to such terms and conditions as it thinks appropriate.

(4) Person includes a body whether or not incorporated.

(5) The appropriate authority is—

(a) the Secretary of State in relation to England;

(b) the National Assembly for Wales in relation to Wales.

Contributions by Ministers towards compensation paid by local authorities.

305

(1) Where—

(a) compensation is payable by a local authority or National Park authority under this Act in consequence of any decision or order to which this section applies, and

(b) that decision or order was given or made wholly or partly in the interest of a service which is provided by a government department and the cost of which is defrayed out of money provided by Parliament,

the Minister responsible for the administration of that service may pay to that authority a contribution of such amount as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

(2) This section applies to any decision or order given or made under Part III, the provisions of Part VI relating to purchase notices, Part VII, Part VIII or Schedule 5, 6 or 9.

Contributions by local authorities and statutory undertakers.

306

(1) Without prejudice to section 274 of the Highways Act 1980 (contributions by local authorities to expenses of highway authorities), any local authority may contribute towards any expenses incurred by a local highway authority—

(a) in the acquisition of land under Part IX of this Act or Chapter V of Part I of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 or Chapter 5 of Part 3 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023,

(b) in the construction or improvement of roads on land so acquired, or

(c) in connection with any development required in the interests of the proper planning of the area of the local authority.

(2) Any local authority and any statutory undertakers may contribute towards—

(a) any expenses incurred by a local planning authority for the purposes of carrying out a review under section 13 or 61 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (duty of local planning authority to keep under review certain matters affecting development);

(ab) any expenses incurred by a minerals and waste planning authority or county council for the purposes of carrying out a review under section 14 of that Act (duty of minerals and waste planning authority or county council to keep under review certain matters affecting development);

(b) any expenses incurred by a local planning authority or a mineral planning authority in or in connection with the performance of any of their functions under Part III, the provisions of Part VI relating to purchase notices, Part VII except sections 196A and 196B, Part VIII (except section 207), Part IX or Schedule 5 or 9.

(2A) Each of the persons specified in subsection (2B) may contribute towards any expenses incurred by a corporate joint committee for the purposes of carrying out a review under section 60L of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (corporate joint committees: area survey).

(2B) The persons are—

(a) a local authority in Wales;

(b) a statutory undertaker authorised to carry on an undertaking in Wales.

(3) Where any expenses are incurred by a local authority in the payment of compensation payable in consequence of anything done under Part III, the provisions of Part VI relating to purchase notices, Part VII except sections 196A and 196B, Part VIII, or Schedule 5 or 9, the Secretary of State may, if it appears to him to be expedient to do so, require any other local authority to contribute towards those expenses such sum as appears to him to be reasonable, having regard to any benefit accruing to that authority by reason of the proceeding giving rise to the compensation.

(4) Subsection (3) shall apply in relation to payments made by a local authority to any statutory undertakers in accordance with financial arrangements to which effect is given under section 275(5)(c), as it applies in relation to compensation payable by such an authority in consequence of anything done under Part III, Part VIII or Schedule 5 or 9, and the reference in that subsection to the proceeding giving rise to the compensation shall be construed accordingly.

(5) For the purposes of this section, contributions made by a local planning authority towards the expenditure of a joint advisory committee shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by that authority for the purposes for which that expenditure is incurred by the committee.

(6) This section shall have effect as if the references to a local authority included references to a National Park authority.

Assistance for acquisition of property where objection made to blight notice in certain cases.

307

(1) The council of a county, county borough, district or London borough may advance money to any person for the purposes of enabling him to acquire a hereditament or agricultural unit in respect of which a counter-notice has been served under section 151 specifying the grounds mentioned in subsection (4)(d) of that section as, or as one of, the grounds of objection.

(2) No advance may be made under subsection (1) in the case of a hereditament if its annual value exceeds such amount as may be prescribed for the purposes of section 149(3)(a).

(3) An advance under subsection (1) may be made subject to such conditions as the council may think fit.

Recovery from acquiring authorities of sums paid by way of compensation.

308

(1) This section applies where—

(a) an interest in land is compulsorily acquired or is sold to an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers, and

(b) a notice is registered under section 110(2) . . . in respect of any of the land acquired or sold (whether before or after the completion of the acquisition or sale) in consequence of a planning decision or order made before the service of the notice to treat, or the making of the contract, in pursuance of which the acquisition or sale is effected.

(2) Where this section applies the Secretary of State shall, subject to the following provisions of this section, be entitled to recover from the acquiring authority a sum equal to so much of the amount of the compensation specified in the notice as (in accordance with section 110(5) . . .) is to be treated as attributable to that land.

(3) If, immediately after the completion of the acquisition or sale, there is outstanding some interest in the land acquired or sold to which a person other than the acquiring authority is entitled, the sum referred to in subsection (2) shall not accrue due until that interest either ceases to exist or becomes vested in the acquiring authority.

(4) No sum shall be recoverable under this section in the case of a compulsory acquisition or sale where the Secretary of State is satisfied that the interest in question is being acquired for the purposes of the use of the land as a public open space.

(5) Where the Secretary of State recovers a sum under this section in respect of any land by reason that it is land in respect of which a notice is registered under the provisions of section 110, section 112(11) to (13) shall have effect in relation to that sum as if it were a sum recovered as mentioned in section 112(11).

(6) In this section . . . “interest” (where the reference is to an interest in land) means the fee simple or a tenancy of the land and does not include any other interest in it.

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Sums recoverable from acquiring authorities reckonable for purposes of grant.

310

Where—

(a) a sum is recoverable from any authority under section 308 . . . by reference to an acquisition or purchase of an interest in land, and

(b) a grant became or becomes payable to that or some other authority under an enactment in respect of that acquisition or purchase or of a subsequent appropriation of the land,

the power conferred by that enactment to pay the grant shall include, and shall be deemed always to have included, power to pay a grant in respect of that sum as if it had been expenditure incurred by the acquiring authority in connection with the acquisition or purchase.

Expenses of government departments.

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(1) The following expenses of the Secretary of State shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under subsection (5) of section 220 or in the payment of expenses of any committee established under that section;

(b) any sums necessary to enable the Secretary of State to make any payments becoming payable by him under Part IV . . .;

(d) any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in the making of grants under section 304;

(e) any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act.

(2) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any expenses incurred by any government department (including the Secretary of State)—

(a) in the acquisition of land under Part IX;

(b) in the payment of compensation under section 236(4), 279(2) or 325;

(d) under section 305.

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General provision as to receipts of Secretary of State.

313

. . .Subject to the provisions of section 112, any sums received by the Secretary of State under any provision of this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Expenses of county councils.

314

The council of a county may direct that any expenses incurred by them under the provisions specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 16 shall be treated as special expenses of a county council chargeable upon such part of the county as may be specified in the directions.

Part XV — Miscellaneous and General Provisions

Application of Act in special cases

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

314A

(1) In considering whether to grant planning permission for development which affects a listed building or its setting, the Welsh Ministers or a local planning authority in Wales must have special regard to the desirability of preserving—

(a) the listed building,

(b) the setting of the building, or

(2) In exercising the powers conferred by sections 232, 233 and 235(1) (appropriation, disposal and development of land held for planning purposes), a relevant local authority must have regard to the desirability of preserving features of special architectural or historic interest, and in particular listed buildings.

(3) In subsection (2), “relevant local authority” means—

(a) a county council or county borough council in Wales;

(b) a National Park authority in Wales;

(4) In this section, “listed building” means—

(a) a listed building (within the meaning given by section 76 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023) situated in Wales, or

(b) a listed building (within the meaning given by section 1 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990) situated in England.

Power to modify Act in relation to minerals.

315

(1) In relation to development consisting of the winning and working of minerals or involving the depositing of mineral waste, the provisions specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 16 shall have effect subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be prescribed.

(2) In relation to interests in land consisting of or comprising minerals (being either the fee simple or tenancies of such land) . . ., the provisions specified in Part III of Schedule 16 shall have effect subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be prescribed.

(3) Regulations made for the purposes of this section may only be made with the consent of the Treasury and shall be of no effect unless they are approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

(4) Any regulations made by virtue of subsection (1) shall not apply—

(a) to the winning and working, on land held or occupied with land used for the purposes of agriculture, of any minerals reasonably required for the purposes of that use, including the fertilisation of the land so used and the maintenance, improvement or alteration of buildings or works on it which are occupied or used for those purposes; . . .

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(5) Nothing in subsection (1) or (4) shall be construed as affecting the prerogative right of Her Majesty (whether in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster) or of the Duke of Cornwall to any gold or silver mine.

Land of interested planning authorities and development by them.

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(1) The provisions of Parts III, VII and VIII of this Act shall apply in relation to—

(a) land of interested planning authorities; and

(b) the development of any land by interested planning authorities or by such authorities jointly with any other persons,

subject to regulations made by virtue of this section.

(2) The regulations may, in relation to such land or such development—

(a) provide for any of those provisions to apply subject to prescribed exceptions or modifications or not to apply;

(b) make new provision as to any matter dealt with in any of those provisions;

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (2), the regulations may provide—

(a) subject to subsection (5), for applications for planning permission to develop such land, or for such development, to be determined by the authority concerned, by another interested planning authority or by the Secretary of State; and

(b) for the procedure to be followed on such applications,

and, in the case of applications falling to be determined by an interested planning authority, they may regulate the authority’s arrangements for the discharge of their functions, notwithstanding any provision made by or under sections 319ZA to 319ZC or anything in section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972.

(4) The regulations shall—

(a) provide for section 71(3), and any provision made by virtue of section 65 or 71 by a development order, to apply to applications for planning permission to develop such land, or for such development, land of an interested planning authority other than the Welsh Ministers, or for the development of land by an interested planning authority other than the Welsh Ministers, subject to prescribed exceptions or modifications, or

(b) make corresponding provision.

(5) In the case of any application for planning permission to develop land of an interested planning authority other than the Welsh Ministers where—

(a) the authority do not intend to develop the land themselves or jointly with any other person; and

(b) if it were not such land, the application would fall to be determined by another body,

the regulations shall provide for the application to be determined by that other body, unless the application is referred to the Secretary of State under section 77.

(6) In this section “interested planning authority”, in relation to any land, means any body which exercises any of the functions of a local planning authority in relation to that land or the Welsh Ministers; and for the purposes of this section land is land of an authority if the authority have any interest in it.

(7) This section applies—

(a) to permission in principle to develop any land, and

(b) to any consent required in respect of any land,

as it applies to planning permission to develop land.

(8) Subsection (1) does not apply to sections 76, 90(2) and (5) and 223.

(9) The power to make regulations under this section relating to land of the Welsh Ministers or to the development of land by the Welsh Ministers is exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.

Local planning authorities as statutory undertakers.

316A

In relation to statutory undertakers who are local planning authorities, section 283 and the provisions specified in that section shall have effect subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be prescribed.

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Ecclesiastical property.

318

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 with respect to notices served under that Act, where under any of the provisions of this Act a notice or copy of a notice is required to be served on an owner of land, and the land is ecclesiastical property, a similar notice or copy of a notice shall be served on the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated.

(2) Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant—

(a) if the property is situated elsewhere than in Wales, then for the purposes of the provisions specified in Part VI of Schedule 16 it shall be treated as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated;

(b) in any case, it shall, for the purposes of a compulsory acquisition of the property under Part IX, be treated as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated, and any notice to treat shall be served, or be deemed to have been served, accordingly.

(3) Any compensation payable under Part IV, section 186, Part VIII (except section 204) or section 250 in respect of land which is ecclesiastical property shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated, and shall . . . be applied by it for the purposes for which the proceeds of a sale by agreement of the land would be applicable under any enactment or Measure authorising or disposing of the proceeds of such a sale.

(4) Any sum which under any of the provisions specified in Part III of Schedule 16 is payable in relation to land which is, or on 1st July 1948 was, ecclesiastical property, and apart from this subsection would be payable to an incumbent—

(a) shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated, and

(b) shall be applied by it for the purposes mentioned in subsection (3).

(5) Where any sum is recoverable under section 111, or 112 in respect of any such land, the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated may apply any money or securities held by it in the payment of that sum.

(6) In this section “ecclesiastical property” means land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England, or being or forming part of a church subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop of any diocese of the Church of England or the site of such a church, or being or forming part of a burial ground subject to such jurisdiction . . . .

The Isles of Scilly.

319

(1) This Act applies to the Isles of Scilly subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as the Secretary of State may by order direct.

(2) An order under this section may in particular provide for the exercise by the Council of the Isles of Scilly of any functions exercisable by a local planning authority or mineral planning authority.

(3) Before making an order under this section the Secretary of State shall consult with that Council.

England: training in the exercise of certain planning functions

Training: local planning authorities in England

319ZZA

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the training of members of local planning authorities in their exercise of such relevant planning functions as are prescribed.

(2) Such regulations must provide for satisfactory completion of the training to be evidenced by a certificate valid for a prescribed period (a “certificate of completion”).

(3) A member of a local planning authority who does not hold a valid certificate of completion is prohibited from—

(a) exercising the prescribed relevant planning functions on behalf of a local planning authority, or

(b) being involved in exercising the prescribed relevant planning functions on behalf of a local planning authority as a member of a committee or any other body.

(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—

(a) provide for accreditation by the Secretary of State of—

(i) courses of training, and

(ii) persons providing such courses;

(b) impose requirements as to record-keeping, including by imposing such requirements on a training provider.

(5) Regulations under subsection (1) must require a local planning authority to publish on their website which of their members hold valid certificates of completion.

(6) The validity of anything done in the exercise of a prescribed relevant planning function is not affected by any breach of subsection (3).

(7) In this section—

(a) references to a local planning authority are to a local planning authority in England;

(b) references to a member of a local planning authority include a person who (though not a member of a local planning authority) is an appointed member of a committee or sub-committee of a local planning authority.

(8) This section applies in relation to a relevant planning function conferred on a mineral planning authority as if references to a local planning authority were to a mineral planning authority in England.

(9) In this section, “relevant planning function” means—

(a) a function under—

(i) Part 3;

(ii) in Part 7, sections 191(4) and 192(2);

(iii) Part 8;

(iv) in Part 10, section 257;

(b) a function under section 17 of the Land Compensation Act 1961;

(d) a function of imposing or amending any condition, limitation or other restriction on a permission, approval or consent required by or under an enactment specified in paragraph (a) or (c);

(e) an enforcement function exercisable in relation to—

(i) development carried out without a permission, approval or consent required by or under an enactment specified in paragraph (a) or (c), or

(ii) a failure to comply with any condition, limitation or other restriction of any such permission, approval or consent.

(10) In subsection (9) any reference to a function under an enactment includes a function under an instrument made under the enactment.

Training: certain mayoral planning functions

319ZZB

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the training of persons who may exercise relevant mayoral planning functions in their exercise of such relevant mayoral planning functions as are prescribed.

(2) Such regulations must provide for satisfactory completion of the training to be evidenced by a certificate valid for a prescribed period (a “certificate of completion”).

(3) A mayor is prohibited from exercising the prescribed relevant mayoral planning functions without a valid certificate of completion.

(4) A person who is authorised (by or under any enactment or by arrangements made by a mayor) to exercise a prescribed relevant mayoral planning function on behalf of a mayor is prohibited from exercising such a function, or being involved in the exercise of such a function as a member of a committee or any other body, without a valid certificate of completion.

(5) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—

(a) provide for accreditation by the Secretary of State of—

(i) courses of training, and

(ii) persons providing such courses;

(b) impose requirements as to record-keeping, including by imposing such requirements on a training provider.

(6) The validity of anything done in the exercise of a prescribed relevant mayoral planning function is not affected by any breach of subsection (3) or (4).

(7) In subsections (3) and (4), references to a mayor are to—

(a) the Mayor of London,

(b) a mayor for the area of a combined authority, and

(8) In this section “relevant mayoral planning function” means—

(a) any of the functions of the Mayor of London specified in subsection (9), and

(b) any functions of a mayor for the area of a combined authority or a mayor for the area of a combined county authority which correspond to the functions of the Mayor of London specified in subsection (9).

(9) The functions of the Mayor of London referred to in subsection (8) are as follows—

(a) the function of—

(i) giving a direction under section 2A(1) or (1B);

(ii) giving a direction under section 74(1B)(a);

(b) the function of determining an application by virtue of section 2A or 2B, and related functions under sections 2C and 2F;

(d) the function of making a Mayoral development order under section 61DA;

(e) a function exercisable in connection with a Mayoral development order.

(10) In this section—

“combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

“combined county authority” means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

England: discharge of functions of local planning authority

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

319ZZC

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require a relevant local planning authority to make arrangements under section 101 of the 1972 Act for such relevant planning functions as are prescribed—

(a) to be discharged by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the authority;

(b) to be discharged by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the authority in prescribed circumstances.

(2) The regulations may —

(a) prescribe the terms of the arrangements (which may include exceptions) and any permitted variations in those terms;

(b) provide for the arrangements to confer a discretion on any person in connection with the delegation of a function.

(3) Where arrangements required by the regulations are in force in relation to a relevant planning function, the function may only be exercised in accordance with the arrangements (and section 101(4) of the 1972 Act does not apply).

Size and composition of committee discharging functions

319ZZD

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe requirements relating to the size and composition of a committee or sub-committee by which such relevant planning functions as are prescribed are to be discharged.

(2) A relevant local planning authority may not arrange for a relevant planning function to be discharged by a committee or sub-committee of the authority which fails to satisfy a requirement imposed by regulations under this section in relation to the discharge of that function.

(3) If a committee or sub-committee discharging a relevant planning function fails to satisfy such a requirement, paragraph 43 of Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act (validity of proceedings) does not apply in relation to the failure.

Sections 319ZZC and 319ZZD: supplementary

319ZZE

(1) Sections 101 and 102 of the 1972 Act have effect subject to sections 319ZZC and 319ZZD and any regulations made under them.

(2) Where arrangements are in force under section 101(5) of the 1972 Act for two or more relevant local planning authorities to discharge any of their relevant planning functions jointly, sections 319ZZC and 319ZZD apply in relation to those functions as if—

(a) references to a committee or sub-committee of a relevant local planning authority were references to a joint committee or sub-committee of those authorities;

(b) references to an officer of a relevant local planning authority were references to an officer of any of those authorities.

(3) Regulations under sections 319ZZC and 319ZZD may—

(a) make different provision for different relevant local planning authorities;

(b) make different provision for cases where two or more such authorities have made arrangements under section 101(1)(b) or (5) of the 1972 Act for the discharge of any of their relevant planning functions.

(4) In operating arrangements required by regulations under section 319ZZC, relevant local planning authorities must have regard to any relevant guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

(5) In making arrangements for the discharge of a function prescribed in regulations under section 319ZZD, relevant local planning authorities must have regard to any relevant guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

(6) The Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate before—

(a) making regulations under section 319ZZC or 319ZZD, or

(b) issuing guidance under subsection (4) or (5).

(7) Sections 319ZZC and 319ZZD and this section apply in relation to a relevant planning function conferred on a relevant mineral planning authority as if references to a relevant local planning authority were to a relevant mineral planning authority.

Interpretation of sections 319ZZC to 319ZZE

319ZZF

(1) In sections 319ZZC to section 319ZZE, “relevant local planning authority” means a local planning authority in England which is an authority to which sections 101 and 102 of the 1972 Act apply, except that it does not include—

(a) a National Park authority, or

(b) the Broads Authority.

(2) In section 319ZZE, “relevant mineral planning authority” means a mineral planning authority in England which is an authority to which sections 101 and 102 of the 1972 Act apply, except that it does not include a National Park authority.

(3) In sections 319ZZC to 319ZZE, “relevant planning function” has the same meaning as in section 319ZZA (see subsections (9) and (10) of that section).

(4) In sections 319ZZC to 319ZZE and this section, “the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972.

Wales: discharge of functions of local planning authority relating to applications

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

319ZA

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations require a relevant local planning authority to make arrangements under section 101 of the 1972 Act for a relevant function to be discharged by a committee, sub-committee or officer of the authority.

(2) The regulations may prescribe the terms of the arrangements (which may include exceptions) and any permitted variations in those terms.

(3) Where arrangements required by the regulations are in force in relation to a relevant function, the function may only be exercised in accordance with the arrangements (and section 101(4) of the 1972 Act does not apply).

Size and composition of committee discharging functions

319ZB

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations prescribe requirements relating to the size and composition of a committee or sub-committee by which a relevant function is to be discharged.

(2) A relevant local planning authority may not arrange for a relevant function to be discharged by a committee or sub-committee of the authority which fails to satisfy a requirement of regulations under this section.

(3) If a committee or sub-committee discharging a relevant function fails to satisfy such a requirement, paragraph 43 of Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act (validity of proceedings) does not apply in relation to the failure.

Sections 319ZA and 319ZB: supplementary

319ZC

(1) Sections 101 and 102 of the 1972 Act have effect subject to sections 319ZA and 319ZB and any regulations made under them.

(2) Where arrangements are in force under section 101(5) of the 1972 Act for two or more relevant local planning authorities to discharge any of their relevant functions jointly, sections 319ZA and 319ZB apply in relation to those functions as if—

(a) references to a committee or sub-committee of a relevant local planning authority were references to a joint committee or sub-committee of those authorities;

(b) references to an officer of a relevant local planning authority were references to an officer of any of those authorities.

(3) Regulations under sections 319ZA and 319ZB may—

(a) make different provision for different local planning authorities;

(b) make special provision for cases where two or more authorities have made arrangements under section 101(1)(b) or (5) of the 1972 Act for the discharge of any of their relevant functions.

Interpretation of sections 319ZA to 319ZC

319ZD

In sections 319ZA to 319ZC—

“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;

“relevant function” means a function exercisable by a relevant local planning authority in relation to an application under this Act;

“relevant local planning authority” means a local planning authority in Wales which is—a county council or county borough council,a joint planning board, ora National Park authority.

Determination of procedure

Determination of procedure for certain proceedings: England

319A

(1) The Secretary of State must make a determination as to the procedure by which proceedings to which this section applies are to be considered.

(2) A determination under subsection (1) must provide for the proceedings to be considered in such one or more of the following ways as appear to the Secretary of State to be ... appropriate—

(a) at a local inquiry;

(b) at a hearing;

(3) The Secretary of State must make a determination under subsection (1) in respect of proceedings to which this section applies before the end of the prescribed period.

(4) A determination under subsection (1) may be varied by a subsequent determination under that subsection at any time before the proceedings are determined.

(5) The Secretary of State must notify the appellant or applicant (as the case may be) and the local planning authority of any determination made under subsection (1).

(6) The Secretary of State must publish the criteria that are to be applied in making determinations under subsection (1).

(7) This section applies to—

(za) an application made to the Secretary of State under section 62A;

(a) an application referred to the Secretary of State under section 77 instead of being dealt with by a local planning authority in England;

(b) an appeal under section 78 against a decision of a local planning authority in England;

(bza) an appeal under section 93I against a completion notice;

(ba) an appeal under section 106BC (appeals in relation to applications for modification or discharge of affordable housing requirements);

(d) an appeal under section 195 against a decision of a local planning authority in England; and

(e) an appeal under section 208 against a notice under section 207(1) issued by a local planning authority in England ; and

(f) an application made to the Secretary of State under section 293D or 293E.

(8) But this section does not apply to proceedings if they are referred to a Planning Inquiry Commission under section 101; and on proceedings being so referred, any determination made in relation to the proceedings under subsection (1) of this section ceases to have effect.

(9) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (7) to—

(a) add proceedings to, or remove proceedings from, the list of proceedings to which this section applies, or

(b) otherwise modify the descriptions of proceedings to which this section applies.

(10) An order under subsection (9) may—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) amend, repeal or revoke any provision made by or under this Act or by or under any other Act.

Determination of procedure for certain proceedings: Wales

319B

(1) The Welsh Ministers must make a determination as to the procedure by which proceedings to which this section applies are to be considered.

(2) A determination under subsection (1) must provide for the proceedings to be considered in such one or more of the following ways as appear to the Welsh Ministers to be appropriate—

(a) at a local inquiry;

(b) at a hearing;

(3) The Welsh Ministers must make a determination under subsection (1) in respect of proceedings to which this section applies before the end of the prescribed period.

(4) A determination under subsection (1) may be varied by a subsequent determination under that subsection at any time before the proceedings are determined.

(5) The Welsh Ministers must notify the appellant or applicant (as the case may be) and the local planning authority of any determination made under subsection (1).

(5A) In a case where an application has been made to the Welsh Ministers under section ... 62M or 62O, they must also notify any representative persons they consider appropriate.

(6) The Welsh Ministers must publish the criteria which are to be applied in making determinations under subsection (1).

(7) This section applies to—

(za) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(zb) an application made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62M or 62O;

(a) an application referred to the Welsh Ministers under section 77;

(b) an appeal to the Welsh Ministers under section 78;

(d) an appeal to the Welsh Ministers under section 195; and

(e) an appeal to the Welsh Ministers under section 208.

(8) But this section does not apply to proceedings if they are referred to a Planning Inquiry Commission under section 101; and on proceedings being so referred, any determination made in relation to the proceedings under subsection (1) ceases to have effect.

(8A) For the purposes of this section as it applies where an application has been made to the Welsh Ministers under section ... 62M or 62O—

“the local planning authority” means the local planning authority to which, but for the section in question, the application would have been made;

“representative persons” are prescribed persons, or persons of a prescribed description, who appear to the Welsh Ministers to be representative of interested persons;

“interested persons” are persons, other than the applicant and the local planning authority, who appear to the Welsh Ministers to have an interest in the proceedings.

(9) The Welsh Ministers may by order amend subsection (7) to—

(a) add proceedings to, or remove proceedings from, the list of proceedings to which this section applies, or

(b) otherwise modify the descriptions of proceedings to which this section applies.

(10) An order under subsection (9) may—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) amend, repeal or revoke any provision made by or under this Act or by or under any other Act.

(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Local inquiries and other hearings

Local inquiries.

320

(1) The Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers may cause a local inquiry to be held for the purposes of the exercise of any of his or their functions under any of the provisions of this Act.

(2) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (local inquiries: evidence and costs) apply to an inquiry caused to be held under this section by the Secretary of State; and subsections (2) and (3) of that section apply to an inquiry caused to be held under this section by the Welsh Ministers.

(3) In its application by subsection (2) to an inquiry caused to be held by the Secretary of State, section 250(4) of that Act has effect as if—

(a) after “the costs incurred by him in relation to the inquiry” there were inserted “ , or such portion of those costs as he may direct, ”, and

(b) after “the amount of the costs so incurred” there were inserted “ or, where he directs a portion of them to be paid, the amount of that portion ”.

Planning inquiries to be held in public subject to certain exceptions.

321

(1) This section applies to any inquiry held under section 320(1), paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 or paragraph 5 of Schedule 8.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), at any such inquiry oral evidence shall be heard in public and documentary evidence shall be open to public inspection.

(3) If the Secretary of State is satisfied in the case of any such inquiry—

(a) that giving evidence of a particular description or, as the case may be, making it available for inspection would be likely to result in the disclosure of information as to any of the matters mentioned in subsection (4); and

(b) that the public disclosure of that information would be contrary to the national interest,

he may direct that evidence of the description indicated in the direction shall only be heard or, as the case may be, open to inspection at that inquiry by such persons or persons of such descriptions as he may specify in the direction.

(4) The matters referred to in subsection (3)(a) are—

(a) national security; and

(b) the measures taken or to be taken to ensure the security of any premises or property.

(5) If the Secretary of State is considering giving a direction under subsection (3) the Attorney General may appoint a person to represent the interests of any person who will be prevented from hearing or inspecting any evidence at a local inquiry if the direction is given.

(6) If before the Secretary of State gives a direction under subsection (3) no person is appointed under subsection (5), the Attorney General may at any time appoint a person as mentioned in subsection (5) for the purposes of the inquiry.

(7) The Lord Chancellor may by rules make provision—

(a) as to the procedure to be followed by the Secretary of State before he gives a direction under subsection (3) in a case where a person has been appointed under subsection (5);

(b) as to the functions of a person appointed under subsection (5) or (6).

(8) Rules made under subsection (7) must be contained in a statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(9) If a person is appointed under subsection (5) or (6) (the appointed representative) the Secretary of State may direct any person who he thinks is interested in the inquiry in relation to a matter mentioned in subsection (4) (the responsible person) to pay the fees and expenses of the appointed representative.

(10) If the appointed representative and the responsible person are unable to agree the amount of the fees and expenses, the amount must be determined by the Secretary of State.

(11) The Secretary of State must cause the amount agreed between the appointed representative and the responsible person or determined by him to be certified.

(12) An amount so certified is recoverable from the responsible person as a civil debt.

Appointed representative: no inquiry

321A

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person is appointed under subsection (5) or (6) of section 321, but

(b) no inquiry is held as mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.

(2) Subsections (9) to (12) of section 321 apply in respect of the fees and expenses of the person appointed as if the inquiry had been held.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) the responsible person is the person to whom the Secretary of State thinks he would have given a direction under section 321(9) if an inquiry had been held.

(4) This section does not affect section 322A.

Special provision in relation to planning inquiries: Wales

321B

(1) This section applies if the matter in respect of which a local inquiry to which section 321 applies is to be held relates to Wales.

(2) The references in section 321(5) and (6) to the Attorney General must be read as references to the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government .

(3) The Assembly may by regulations make provision as mentioned in section 321(7) in connection with a local inquiry to which this section applies.

(4) If the Assembly acts under subsection (3) rules made by the Lord Chancellor under section 321(7) do not have effect in relation to the inquiry.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Orders as to costs of parties where no local inquiry held.

322

(1) This section applies to proceedings under this Act where the Secretary of State is required, before reaching a decision, to give any person an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by him.

(1A) This section also applies to proceedings under this Act to which section 319A applies.

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

(1B) Section 250(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 applies to costs incurred by the Secretary of State, or a person appointed by the Secretary of State, in relation to proceedings in England to which this section applies which do not give rise to a local inquiry as it applies to costs incurred in relation to a local inquiry.

(1C) In its application for that purpose, section 250(4) of that Act has effect as if—

(a) after “the costs incurred by him in relation to the inquiry” there were inserted “ , or such portion of those costs as he may direct, ”, and

(b) after “the amount of the costs so incurred” there were inserted “ or, where he directs a portion of them to be paid, the amount of that portion ”.

(1D) Section 42 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (recovery of Minister's costs) applies to costs incurred in relation to proceedings in England to which this section applies which do not give rise to a local inquiry as it applies to costs incurred in relation to an inquiry.

(2) The Secretary of State has the same power to make orders under section 250(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (orders with respect to the costs of the parties) in relation to proceedings in England to which this section applies which do not give rise to a local inquiry as he has in relation to a local inquiry.

Orders as to costs: supplementary.

322A

(1) This section applies where—

(a) for the purposes of any proceedings in England under this Act—

(i) the Secretary of State is required, before a decision is reached, to give any person an opportunity, or ask any person whether he wishes, to appear before and be heard by a person appointed by him; and

(ii) arrangements are made for a local inquiry or hearing to be held;

(b) the inquiry or hearing does not take place; and

(c) if it had taken place, the Secretary of State or a person appointed by him would have had power to make an order under section 250(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 requiring any party to pay any costs of any other party.

(1A) This section also applies where—

(a) arrangements are made for a local inquiry or a hearing to be held pursuant to a determination under section 319A;

(b) the inquiry or hearing does not take place; and

(c) if it had taken place, the Secretary of State or a person appointed by the Secretary of State would have had power to make an order under section 250(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 requiring any party to pay any costs of any other party.

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

(2) Where this section applies the power to make such an order may be exercised, in relation to costs incurred for the purposes of the inquiry or hearing, as if it had taken place.

(3) Where this section applies in the case of an inquiry or hearing which was to take place in England but did not, section 250(4) of that Act applies to costs incurred by the Secretary of State or a person appointed by the Secretary of State as if—

(a) in the case of an inquiry, the inquiry had taken place;

(b) in the case of a hearing, the hearing were an inquiry which had taken place.

(4) In its application for that purpose, section 250(4) of that Act has effect as if—

(a) after “the costs incurred by him in relation to the inquiry” there were inserted “ , or such portion of those costs as he may direct, ”, and

(b) after “the amount of the costs so incurred” there were inserted “ or, where he directs a portion of them to be paid, the amount of that portion ”.

(5) Section 42 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (recovery of Minister's costs) applies to costs incurred in relation to a hearing of the kind referred to in subsection (1) or (1A) which was to take place in England but did not as it applies to costs incurred in relation to an inquiry which was to take place but did not.

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

322B

(1) This section applies where—

(a) the local planning authority for a London borough refuse an application for planning permission or permission in principle,

(b) that refusal is in compliance with a direction made by the Mayor of London in accordance with provision made in a development order by virtue of section 74(1B)(a), and

(2) If the Secretary of State causes a local inquiry to be held under section 320(1) to determine the appeal, in its application to the inquiry section 250 of the 1972 Act shall be treated as if—

(a) for subsection (4) there were substituted the subsection set out at subsection (5) below, and

(b) for subsection (5) there were substituted the subsection set out at subsection (6) below.

(3) If the appeal does not give rise to a local inquiry under section 320, in the application of section 322(2) in relation to the appeal the reference to section 250(5) of the 1972 Act shall be treated as if it were a reference to that provision as modified by subsection (2)(b) above.

(4) If arrangements are made for a local inquiry in relation to the appeal and the inquiry does not take place, in the application of section 322A in relation to the appeal the reference to section 250(5) of the 1972 Act shall be treated as if it were a reference to that provision as modified by subsection (2)(b) above.

(5) The subsection referred to in subsection (2)(a) above is as follows—

(“) Where this subsection applies to an inquiry, the costs incurred by the Secretary of State in relation to the inquiry, or such portion of those costs as he may direct, shall be paid—

(a) by the Mayor of London, if he is not a party to the inquiry and if the Secretary of State decides that the Mayor acted unreasonably in making the direction in accordance with which the local planning authority refused the planning permission or permission in principle, or

(b) if the Mayor is a party or if the Secretary of State does not so decide, by such local authority or party to the inquiry as he may direct;

and the Secretary of State may cause the amount of the costs so incurred or, where he directs a portion of them to be paid, the amount of that portion to be certified, and any amount so certified and directed to be paid by the Mayor or by any authority or person shall be recoverable from the Mayor or from that authority or person by the Secretary of State summarily as a civil debt. ”

(6) The subsection referred to in subsection (2)(b) above is as follows—

(“) Where this subsection applies to an inquiry, or to costs incurred for the purposes of an inquiry, the Secretary of State may make orders as to the costs of the parties to the inquiry and as to the parties by whom the costs are to be paid; and—

(a) the parties by whom the costs are ordered to be paid may include the Mayor of London if he is not a party to the inquiry and if the Secretary of State decides that the Mayor acted unreasonably in making the direction in accordance with which the local planning authority refused the planning permission or permission in principle;

(b) every such order may be made a rule of the High Court on the application of any party named in the order. ”

(7) In this section “the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972.

Costs: Wales

322C

(1) This section applies in relation to any application, appeal or reference under this Act to the Welsh Ministers (whether it is considered at an inquiry or hearing or on the basis of written representations).

(2) The costs incurred by the Welsh Ministers in relation to the application, appeal or reference (or so much of them as the Welsh Ministers may direct) are to be paid by the applicant, appellant or person making the reference, or such local planning authority or other party to the application, appeal or reference, as the Welsh Ministers may direct.

(3) Costs incurred by the Welsh Ministers in relation to an application, appeal or reference include the entire administrative cost incurred in connection with it so that, in particular, there shall be treated as costs incurred by the Welsh Ministers such reasonable sum as the Welsh Ministers may determine in respect of general staff costs and overheads of the Welsh Government.

(4) The costs to which subsection (2) applies include costs in respect of an inquiry or hearing that does not in the event take place and costs incurred in reviewing planning obligations (within the meaning of section 106).

(5) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations prescribe a standard daily amount for cases involving an inquiry or hearing of any description or cases of any description considered on the basis of representations in writing; and where an inquiry or hearing of that description takes place or a case of that description is considered on the basis of representations in writing, the costs incurred by the Welsh Ministers are to be taken to be—

(a) the prescribed standard amount in respect of each day (or an appropriate proportion of that amount in respect of a part of a day) on which a prescribed person is engaged in dealing with the case;

(b) costs actually incurred in connection with dealing with the case on travelling or subsistence allowances or the provision of accommodation or other facilities;

(d) any legal costs or disbursements incurred or made by or on behalf of the Welsh Ministers in connection with the case.

(6) The Welsh Ministers may make orders as to the costs of the applicant or appellant or any other party to the application, appeal or reference, and as to the person or persons by whom the costs are to be paid.

Procedure on certain appeals and applications: England.

323

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe the procedure to be followed in connection with proceedings in England under this Act where he is required, before reaching a decision, to give any person an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by him and which are to be disposed of without an inquiry or hearing to which rules under section 9 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 apply.

(1A) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe the procedure to be followed in connection with proceedings under this Act which, pursuant to a determination under section 319A, are to be considered on the basis of representations in writing.

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

(2) Regulations under this section may in particular make provision as to the procedure to be followed—

(a) where steps have been taken with a view to the holding of an inquiry or hearing to which rules under section 9 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 would apply which does not take place, or

(b) where steps have been taken with a view to the determination of any matter by a person appointed by the Secretary of State and the proceedings are the subject of a direction that the matter shall instead be determined by the Secretary of State, or

(c) where steps have been taken in pursuance of such a direction and a further direction is made revoking that direction,

and may provide that such steps shall be treated as compliance, in whole or in part, with the requirements of the regulations.

(3) Regulations under this section may also—

(a) provide for a time limit within which any party to the proceedings must submit representations in writing and any supporting documents;

(b) prescribe the time limit (which may be different for different classes of proceedings) or enable the Secretary of State to give directions setting the time limit in a particular case or class of case;

(c) empower the Secretary of State to proceed to a decision taking into account only such written representations and supporting documents as were submitted within the time limit; and

(d) empower the Secretary of State, after giving the parties written notice of his intention to do so, to proceed to a decision notwithstanding that no written representations were made within the time limit, if it appears to him that he has sufficient material before him to enable him to reach a decision on the merits of the case.

(4) Regulations made by the Secretary of State under this section may include provision as to the circumstances in which, in proceedings in England such as are mentioned in subsection (1) or (1A)—

(a) directions may be given under section 250(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as applied by a prescribed provision of this Act;

(b) orders for costs may be made under section 250(5) of that Act as so applied.

Procedure for certain proceedings: Wales

323A

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations prescribe the procedure to be followed in connection with—

(a) an inquiry or hearing held or to be held by or on behalf of the Welsh Ministers under or by virtue of any provision of this Act;

(b) proceedings on an application, appeal or reference that, under or by virtue of any provision of this Act, is to be considered by or on behalf of the Welsh Ministers on the basis of representations in writing.

(2) The regulations may include provision—

(a) about the procedure to be followed in connection with matters preparatory or subsequent to an inquiry or hearing or to the making of representations in writing;

(b) about the conduct of proceedings.

(3) The regulations may include provision about the procedure to be followed—

(a) where steps have been taken with a view to the holding of an inquiry or hearing which does not take place,

(b) where steps have been taken with a view to the determination of any matter by a person appointed by the Welsh Ministers and the proceedings are the subject of a direction that the matter must instead be determined by the Welsh Ministers, or

(c) where steps have been taken in pursuance of such a direction and a further direction is made revoking that direction,

and may provide that such steps are to be treated as compliance, in whole or in part, with the requirements of the regulations.

(4) The regulations may—

(a) provide for a time limit within which any party to the proceedings must submit representations in writing and any supporting documents,

(b) prescribe the time limit (which may be different for different classes of proceedings) or enable the Welsh Ministers to give directions setting the time limit in a particular case or class of case,

(c) enable the Welsh Ministers to proceed to a decision taking into account only such written representations and supporting documents as were submitted within the time limit, and

(d) enable the Welsh Ministers, after giving the parties written notice of their intention to do so, to proceed to a decision even though no written representations were made within the time limit, if it appears to them that they have sufficient material before them to enable them to reach a decision on the merits of the case.

(5) The regulations may also make provision as to the circumstances in which—

(a) a direction under section 322C(2) may be given;

(b) an order for costs under section 322C(4) may be made.

(6) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations provide that in prescribed circumstances a matter may not be raised in proceedings on an appeal made under or by virtue of this Act to the Welsh Ministers unless it has been previously raised before a prescribed time or it is shown that it could not have been raised before that time.

Rights of entry

Rights of entry.

324

(1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State or by a local planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with—

(a) the preparation, revision, adoption or approval of a local plan, document which is or forms part of a minerals and waste plan or supplementary plan under Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 or a local development plan under Part 6 of that Act;

(aa) the preparation, making, modification or revocation of a neighbourhood development plan under Part 3 of that Act;

(b) any application under Part III or sections . . ., 220 or 221 or under any order or regulations made under any of those provisions, for any permission, consent or determination to be given or made in connection with that land or any other land under that Part or any of those sections or under any such order or regulations;

(ba) any application made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62O;

(bb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) any proposal by the local planning authority or by the Secretary of State to make, issue or serve any order or notice under Part III (other than sections 93H, 94 and 96), . . . or Chapter 2 or 3 of Part VIII or under any order or regulations made under any of those provisions.

(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) the reference to a proposal by the local planning authority to make any order under Part 3 includes a reference to a proposal submitted (or to be submitted) to the authority for the making by them of a neighbourhood development order.

(1BA) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Welsh Ministers or by a corporate joint committee may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with the preparation, revision, adoption or approval of a strategic development plan under Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) Any person duly authorised in writing by the local planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of exercising a power conferred on the authority by section 225 , 225A(1), 225C(10)(a) or 225F(6)(a) if—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) it would be impossible to exercise the power without entering the land.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) Any person who is an officer of the Valuation Office or is duly authorised in writing by a local planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it, or estimating its value, in connection with a claim for compensation in respect of that land or any other land which is payable by the local planning authority under Part IV, section 186, Chapter 2 or 3 of Part VIII, section 250(1) or Part XI (other than section 279(2) or (3) or 280(1)(c)).

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State or by a local planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land in respect of which an order or notice has been made or served as mentioned in subsection (1)(c) for the purpose of ascertaining whether the order or notice has been complied with.

(8) Subject to section 325, any power conferred by this section to survey land shall be construed as including power to search and bore for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the subsoil or the presence of minerals in it.

(9) In subsections (1)(c) and (7) references to a local planning authority include, in relation to a building situated in Greater London, a reference to the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

Supplementary provisions as to rights of entry.

325

(1) A person authorised under section 324 to enter any land—

(a) shall, if so required, produce evidence of his authority and state the purpose of his entry before so entering, and

(b) shall not demand admission as of right to any land which is occupied unless 24 hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.

(2) Any person who wilfully obstructs a person acting in the exercise of his powers under section 324 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) If any person who, in compliance with the provisions of section 324, is admitted into a factory, workshop or workplace discloses to any person any information obtained by him in it as to any manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the disclosure is made by a person in the course of performing his duty in connection with the purpose for which he was authorised to enter the land.

(5) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.

(6) Where any damage is caused to land or chattels—

(a) in the exercise of a right of entry conferred under section 324, or

(b) in the making of any survey for the purpose of which any such right of entry has been so conferred,

compensation may be recovered by any person suffering the damage from the Secretary of State or authority on whose behalf the entry was effected.

(7) The provisions of section 118 shall apply in relation to compensation under subsection (6) as they apply in relation to compensation under Part IV.

(8) No person shall carry out under section 324 any works authorised by virtue of subsection (8) of that section unless notice of his intention to do so was included in the notice required by subsection (1).

(9) The authority of the appropriate Minister shall be required for the carrying out under that section of works so authorised if the land in question is held by statutory undertakers, and they object to the proposed works on the ground that the execution of the works would be seriously detrimental to the carrying on of their undertaking.

Rights of entry: Crown land

325A

(1) Section 324 applies to Crown land subject to the following modifications.

(2) A person must not enter Crown land unless he has the relevant permission.

(3) Relevant permission is the permission of—

(a) a person appearing to the person seeking entry to the land to be entitled to give it, or

(b) the appropriate authority.

(4) In subsection (8) the words “Subject to section 325” must be ignored.

(5) Section 325 does not apply to anything done by virtue of this section.

(6) “Appropriate authority” must be construed in accordance with section 293(2).

Miscellaneous and general provisions

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327

Planning applications in England: powers as to form and content

327ZA

(1) Subsections (2) to (3) apply to a relevant power to make provision about—

(a) the form or manner in which a planning application is to be made, or

(b) the form or manner in which an associated document is to be provided.

(2) The power includes power to make provision requiring or allowing the application to be made, or the associated document to be provided—

(a) by particular electronic means, or

(b) by electronic means that satisfy particular technical standards or specifications.

(3) The power includes power to make provision requiring or allowing the authority to which a planning application is (or is to be) made to waive a requirement of a sort described in subsection (2).

(4) Subsection (5) applies to a relevant power to make provision about the content of a planning application or associated document.

(5) The power includes power to make provision requiring the application or associated document, or any particular content of it, to be prepared or endorsed by a person with particular qualifications or experience.

(6) Subsection (7) applies to any power within subsection (1) or (4).

(7) The power may be exercised by making provision referring (and giving effect) to such material of a particular description as is published from time to time by the Secretary of State on a government website together with a statement that it has effect for the purposes of the provision in question.

(8) Provision that may be made by virtue of subsection (7) includes, for example, provision requiring or allowing a planning application to be made (or an associated document to be provided) using such a form, or in accordance with such specifications, as are published from time to time as mentioned in that subsection.

(9) In this section, a “relevant power to make provision” about a certain matter is a power of the Secretary of State under this Act to make subordinate provision about that matter, if and so far as the power is exercisable in relation to England.

(10) It is irrelevant for the purposes of subsection (9) in what terms a power is conferred (and, in particular, whether it relates specifically to the matter in question or is a more general power capable of exercise in relation to that matter).

(11) In this section—

“associated document” means any document or other material that—accompanies, relates to, or is or is to be subject of, a planning application, andis required by or under this Act to be provided by or on behalf of the person making the application;

“planning application” means—an application under, or for the purposes of, any provision of Part 3 , 8 or 13 of this Act or any subordinate provision made under that Part, oran application under section 191 or 192,but does not include an application made in legal proceedings;

“provided” includes prepared, submitted, issued, served, notified and published;

“subordinate provision” means provision in an order or in regulations.

Applications: compliance with requirements

327A

(1) This section applies to any application in respect of which this Act or any provision made under it imposes a requirement as to—

(a) the form or manner in which the application must be made;

(b) the form or content of any document or other matter which accompanies the application.

(2) The local planning authority must not entertain such an application if it fails to comply with the requirement.

Settled land ....

328

(1) The purposes authorised for the application of capital money—

(a) by section 73 of the Settled Land Act 1925 ... ; ...

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

shall include the payment of any sum recoverable under section 111, or 112.

(2) The purposes authorised as purposes for which money may be raised by mortgage—

(a) by section 71 of the Settled Land Act 1925 ... ; ...

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

shall include the payment of any sum so recoverable.

Service of notices.

329

(1) Any notice or other document required or authorised to be served or given under this Act may be served or given either—

(a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or to whom it is to be given; or

(b) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person or, in a case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address; or

(c) by sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode or, in a case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address; or

(cc) in a case where an address for service using electronic communications has been given by that person, by sending it using electronic communications, in accordance with the condition set out in subsection (3A), to that person at that address (subject to subsection (3B)); or

(d) in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at their registered or principal office or sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at that office.

(2) Where the notice or document is required or authorised to be served on any person as having an interest in premises, and the name of that person cannot be ascertained after reasonable inquiry, or where the notice or document is required or authorised to be served on any person as an occupier of premises, the notice or document shall be taken to be duly served if—

(a) it is addressed to him either by name or by the description of “the owner” or, as the case may be, “the occupier” of the premises (describing them) and is delivered or sent in the manner specified in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c); or

(b) it is so addressed and is marked in such a manner as may be prescribed for securing that it is plainly identifiable as a communication of importance and—

(i) it is sent to the premises in a prepaid registered letter or by the recorded delivery service and is not returned to the authority sending it, or

(ii) it is delivered to some person on those premises, or is affixed conspicuously to some object on those premises.

(3) Where—

(a) the notice or other document is required to be served on or given to all persons who have interests in or are occupiers of premises comprised in any land, and

(b) it appears to the authority required or authorised to serve or give the notice or other document that any part of that land is unoccupied,

the notice or document shall be taken to be duly served on all persons having interests in, and on any occupiers of, premises comprised in that part of the land (other than a person who has given to that authority an address for the service of the notice or document on him) if it is addressed to “the owners and any occupiers” of that part of the land (describing it) and is affixed conspicuously to some object on the land.

(3A) The condition mentioned in subsection (1)(cc) is that the notice or other document shall be—

(a) capable of being accessed by the person mentioned in that provision;

(b) legible in all material respects; and

and for this purpose “legible in all material respects” means that the information contained in the notice or document is available to that person to no lesser extent than it would be if served or given by means of a notice or document in printed form.

(3B) Subsection (1)(cc) shall not apply to—

(a) service of a planning contravention notice;

(b) service of a copy of an enforcement notice by a local planning authority;

(d) service under section 181(4) of notice of a local planning authority’s intention to take steps required by an enforcement notice;

(e) service of an enforcement notice issued by the Secretary of State;

(f) service of a stop notice, or of notice of withdrawal of a stop notice, by a local planning authority;

(g) service of a stop notice by the Secretary of State;

(h) service of a breach of condition notice or of notice of withdrawal of a breach of condition notice;

(i) giving of notice of the making of a tree preservation order, or service of a copy of such an order, in accordance with regulations under section 199 tree preservation regulations ;

(j) service of a notice under section 215 requiring steps to be taken to remedy the condition of any land;

(k) service of a notice under section 330 requiring information as to interests in land.

(4) This section is without prejudice to section 233 of the Local Government Act 1972 (general provisions as to service of notices by local authorities).

Service of notices on the Crown

329A

(1) Any notice or other document required under this Act to be served on the Crown must be served on the appropriate authority.

(2) Section 329 does not apply for the purposes of the service of such a notice or document.

(3) “Appropriate authority” must be construed in accordance with section 293(2).

Power to require information as to interests in land.

330

(1) For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State or a local authority to make an order or issue or serve any notice or other document which, by any of the provisions of this Act, he or they are authorised or required to make, issue or serve, the Secretary of State or the local authority may by notice in writing require the occupier of any premises and any person who, either directly or indirectly, receives rent in respect of any premises to give in writing such information as to the matters mentioned in subsection (2) as may be so specified.

(2) Those matters are—

(a) the nature of the interest in the premises of the person on whom the notice is served;

(b) the name and postal address of any other person known to him as having an interest in the premises;

(d) the time when that use began;

(e) the name and postal address of any person known to the person on whom the notice is served as having used the premises for that purpose;

(f) the time when any activities being carried out on the premises began.

(3) A notice under subsection (1) may require information to be given within 21 days after the date on which it is served, or such longer time as may be specified in it, or as the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the local authority may allow.

(4) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice served on him under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(5) Any person who, having been required by a notice under subsection (1) to give any information, knowingly makes any misstatement in respect of it shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or both.

(6) This section shall have effect as if the references to a local authority included references to a National Park authority.

Information as to interests in Crown land

330A

(1) This section applies to an interest in Crown land which is not a private interest.

(2) Section 330 does not apply to an interest to which this section applies.

(3) For a purpose mentioned in section 330(1) the Secretary of State may request the appropriate authority to give him such information as to the matters mentioned in section 330(2) as he specifies in the request.

(4) The appropriate authority must comply with a request under subsection (3) except to the extent—

(a) that the matter is not within the knowledge of the authority, or

(b) that to do so will disclose information as to any of the matters mentioned in section 321(4).

(5) Expressions used in this section and in Part 13 must be construed in accordance with that Part.

Offences by corporations.

331

(1) Where an offence under this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—

(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or

(b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and be liable to be proceeded against accordingly.

(2) In subsection (1) “director”, in relation to any body corporate—

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