{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-142",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-142.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016",
  "path": "section/142",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "142",
  "heading": "Local planning authority to notify neighbourhood forum of applications",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (local planning authorities: distribution of functions), after paragraph 8 insert—\n“\n8A (1) A local planning authority who have the function of determining applications for planning permission or permission in principle shall, if requested to do so by a neighbourhood forum for an area which (or any part of which) is situated in the authority's area, notify the neighbourhood forum of—\n(a) any relevant planning application; and\n(b) any alteration to that application accepted by the authority.\n(2) In this paragraph—\n“neighbourhood forum” means an organisation or body designated as such under section 61F;\n“relevant planning application” means an application which—\n(a)relates to land in the area for which the neighbourhood forum is designated; and\n(b)is an application for—\n(i)planning permission or permission in principle; or\n(ii)approval of a matter reserved under an outline planning permission within the meaning of section 92.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (3) to (6) of paragraph 8 have effect for the purposes of this paragraph, any reference to a parish council being read as a reference to a neighbourhood forum.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 142 in force at 1.10.2016 by S.I. 2016/733, reg. 4(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/142",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:11.976723+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."
}