# The Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025, Regulation 16: The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008


In section 13 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (power of the Secretary of State to make designation orders), after subsection (5) insert—
“(5A) The fact that the purposes of Part 13 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 are not permitted purposes does not affect the construction of references to the local planning authority to which an application could have been made in sections 293B to 293J in the Part.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268959/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-town-and-country-planning-fees-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2025/regulation-16
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