{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-performance-indicators-and-performance-standards-order-2003/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-performance-indicators-and-performance-standards-order-2003/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/530",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-performance-indicators-and-performance-standards-order-2003",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Performance standards for planning",
  "text": "(1) The best value authorities specified in paragraph (2), in exercising their planning functions shall, in relation to indicator 3(a) (major applications) in Schedule 10 to this Order, meet standard 1 as specified in Schedule 11 to this Order.\n(2) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are:\nBarnet London Borough Council;\nBath & North East Somerset District Council;\nBirmingham City Council;\nBrent London Borough Council;\nBrighton & Hove City Council;\nBristol City Council;\nCalderdale Metropolitan Borough Council;\nCambridge City Council;\nCanterbury City Council;\nCarrick District Council;\nChichester District Council;\nColchester Borough Council;\nCroydon London Borough Council;\nEastleigh Borough Council;\nEast Cambridgeshire District Council;\nEast Hampshire District Council;\nEpsom and Ewell Borough Council;\nFareham Borough Council;\nGedling District Council;\nHackney London borough council;\nHaringey London borough council;\nHarrow London borough council;\nHart District Council;\nHavant Borough Council;\nLondon Borough of Hillingdon;\nHinckley and Bosworth Borough Council;\nIsle of Wight county Council;\nKerrier District Council;\nLeeds City Council;\nMansfield District Council;\nMedway District Council;\nMendip District Council;\nMid Devon District Council;\nMilton Keynes Borough Council;\nNorth Devon District Council;\nNorth Hertfordshire District Council;\nNorwich City Council;\nPeterborough City Council;\nReading Borough Council;\nReigate and Banstead Borough Council;\nLondon Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames;\nRother District Council;\nRyedale District Council;\nSalisbury District Council;\nSevenoaks District Council;\nSouthampton City Council;\nSouth Buckinghamshire District Council;\nSpelthorne Borough Council;\nStratford-on-Avon District Council;\nSurrey Heath Borough Council;\nTaunton Deane Borough Council;\nThurrock District Council;\nUttlesford District Council;\nVale of White Horse District Council;\nWatford Borough Council;\nWaveney District Council;\nWelwyn Hatfield District Council;\nWest Berkshire District Council;\nWest Dorset District Council;\nWest Lindsey District Council;\nWestminster London borough council;\nWest Wiltshire District Council;\nWeymouth and Portland Borough Council;\nWindsor and Maidenhead Royal borough council;\nWorcester City Council; and\nYork City Council.\n(3) The best value authorities specified in paragraph (4), in exercising their planning functions, shall in relation to indicator 3(b) (minor applications) in Schedule 10 to this Order meet standard 2 as specified in Schedule 11 to this Order.\n(4) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (3) are—\nBassetlaw District Council;\nBedford Borough Council;\nBlaby District Council;\nBrighton & Hove City Council;\nDurham City Council;\nEaling London borough council;\nEast Cambridgeshire District Council;\nEast Devon District Council;\nHackney London borough council;\nHarrogate Borough Council;\nHavering London borough council;\nHillingdon London borough council;\nLambeth London borough council;\nMedway District Council;\nMid Bedfordshire District Council;\nMid Devon District Council;\nReigate and Banstead Borough Council;\nRossendale Borough Council;\nSt Albans District Council;\nSheffield City Council;\nSouthampton City Council;\nSouth Northamptonshire District Council;\nTest Valley Borough Council;\nThree Rivers District Council;\nWear Valley District Council;\nWest Berkshire District Council;\nWest Dorset District Council;\nWest Wiltshire District Council; and\nWindsor and Maidenhead Royal borough council.\n(5) The best value authorities specified in paragraph (6), in exercising their planning functions, shall, in relation to indicator 3(c) (other applications) in Schedule 10 to this Order meet standard 3 as specified in Schedule 11 to this Order.\n(6) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (5) are—\nBedford Borough Council;\nBrighton & Hove City Council;\nForest Heath District Council;\nGloucester City Council;\nHackney London borough council;\nHillingdon London borough council;\nLeeds City Council;\nMid Devon District Council;\nMid Suffolk District Council;\nOldham Metropolitan Borough Council;\nOxford City Council;\nReigate and Banstead Borough Council;\nRibble Valley Borough Council;\nSt Albans District Council;\nSouthampton City Council;\nWansbeck District Council;\nWest Wiltshire District Council;\nWeymouth and Portland Borough Council; and\nWindsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 13 in force at 1.4.2003, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/589",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (Amendment) Order 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/530/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:32.098418+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."
}