{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-regulations-1994/regulation-56",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2716",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/56",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Planning permission: consideration on review",
  "text": "(1) In reviewing any planning permission or deemed planning permission in pursuance of regulations 50 and 51, the competent authority shall, in England and Wales–\n(a) consider whether any adverse effects could be overcome by planning obligations under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 being entered into, and\n(b) if they consider that those effects could be so overcome, invite those concerned to enter into such obligations;\nand so far as the adverse effects are not thus overcome the authority shall make such order under section 97 of that Act (power to revoke or modify planning permission), or under section 102 of or paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to that Act (order requiring discontinuance of use, &c.), as may be required.\n(2) In reviewing any planning permission or deemed planning permission in pursuance of regulations 50 and 51, the competent authority shall, in Scotland–\n(a) consider whether any adverse effects could be overcome by an agreement under section 50 (agreements regulating development or use of land) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 being entered into, and\n(b) if they consider that those effects could be so overcome, invite those concerned to enter into such an agreement;\nand so far as the adverse effects are not thus overcome, the authority shall make such order under section 42 of that Act (power to revoke or modify planning permission), or under section 49 of that Act (orders requiring discontinuance of use, &c.) as may be required.\n(3) Where the authority ascertain that the carrying out or, as the case may be, the continuation of the development would adversely affect the integrity of a European site or European offshore marine site, they nevertheless need not proceed under regulations 50 and 51 if and so long as they consider that there is no likelihood of the development being carried out or continued.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (E.W.) (1.4.2010 except so far as relating to the revocation in relation to W. of reg. 36 and specified words in reg. 3(3), 12.12.2014 in so far as not already in force) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/490), regs. 1(2)(4)(b), 133(3) (with regs. 125, 134)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 56(3) inserted (21.8.2007) by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1843), regs. 2(1), 5(30) (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 56 in force at 30.10.1994, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 106 was substituted by section 12(1) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 42 was amended by section 172(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) and sections 26 and 35 of the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 (c. 36)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 49 was amended by section 172(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), sections 26 and 35 of the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 (c. 36) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 8, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 13 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2716/regulation/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:24:19.405866+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."
}