Explanatory note

This Order is the sixth and last Commencement Order for the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (“the Act”). It brings into force, on 1st October 2014 section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act, in so far as not already in force.

Section 1 of the Act inserts new provisions, sections 62A and 62B, into the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”). Those sections provide for the designation of local planning authorities in accordance with criteria set by the Secretary of State. Where a local planning authority is designated a person wishing to apply for planning permission in the area of that authority may choose to apply to the authority as usual or instead apply to the Secretary of State. Schedule 1 to the Act makes consequential provisions in relation to the Secretary of State’s function of determining these planning applications. The final part of section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act brought into force by this Order relates to connected applications (as defined in section 62A(3) of the 1990 Act).