{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-54.21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-54.21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/54.21",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "54.21",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "(1) This Section applies to Planning Court claims.\n(2) In this Section, “Planning Court claim” means a judicial review or statutory challenge which —\n(a) involves any of the following matters —\n(i) planning permission, other development consents, the enforcement of planning control and the enforcement of other statutory schemes;\n(ii) applications under the Transport and Works Act 1992;\n(iii) wayleaves;\n(iv) highways and other rights of way;\n(v) compulsory purchase orders;\n(vi) village greens;\n(vii) European Union environmental legislation and domestic transpositions, including assessments for development consents, habitats, waste and pollution control;\n(viii) national, regional or other planning policy documents, statutory or otherwise; or\n(ix) any other matter the judge appointed under rule 54.22(2) considers appropriate considers appropriate; and\n(b) has been issued or transferred to the Planning Court.\n(Part 30 (Transfer) applies to transfers to and from the Planning Court.)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 54 inserted (2.10.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/2092), rule 1, Sch. (with rule 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 54 Section 2 inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/610), rules 2, 3 (with rule 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 54.21(2)(a)(ix) inserted (1.10.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2044), rules 2, 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/54.21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}