Article 3 Application for and issue of certificates

(1)

An application to a local planning authority for a certificate under section 17 must—

(a)

be in writing;

(b)

include a plan or map sufficient to identify the land to which the application relates; and

(c)

comply with the requirements of section 17(3).

(2)

The time within which a certificate is to be issued by a local planning authority will, subject to the provisions of section 17(4), be two months from the receipt of such an application by them.

(3)

If a local planning authority issue a certificate otherwise than for development described in the application made to them, or contrary to representations in writing made to them by a party directly concerned^f1, they must in that certificate include a statement in writing of their reasons for doing so and give particulars of the manner in which and the time within which an appeal may be made under section 18.

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Footnotes

f1: See section 22(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33) for the meaning of “the parties directly concerned”.