Section 20 Unitary development plans and National Parks.I1
After section 10 of the planning Act (application of Chapter I), insert—
“ Application of Chapter I in relation to Wales.
10A(1)This Chapter also applies to the area of any local planning authority in Wales.
(2)Subsections (3) and (4) apply where the area of a local planning authority in Wales includes—
(a)the whole or any part of an area prescribed under section 23B(2) in relation to a National Park, and
(b)other land.
(3)The provisions of this Chapter apply separately in relation to—
(a)the Park area or, if there is more than one, each Park area, and
(b)the remaining area.
(4)Any reference in any of the following sections of this Chapter to the area of the local planning authority (including any reference which falls to be so construed) shall be construed—
(a)in its application in relation to any Park area, as a reference to that Park area, and
(b)in its application in relation to the remaining area, as a reference to that area.
(5)In this section—
“the Park area”, in relation to a National Park, means the part of the local planning authority’s area which is within the area prescribed under section 23B(2) in relation to that Park or, where there is more than one such part, those parts taken as a whole;
“the remaining area” means the part of the local planning authority’s area which is not within the area so prescribed in relation to any National Park.”
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Schedule 5 shall have effect—
Part I making minor and consequential amendments to Part II of the planning Act,
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Schedule 6 shall have effect—
Part I making minor and consequential amendments to the 1972 Act in relation to National Parks and countryside functions, and
Part II making minor and consequential amendments to enactments concerned with planning.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 20(2) omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 19(2)
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S. 20(3)(b)(c) omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 19(2)
Commencement
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S. 20 partly in force; s. 20 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 66; s. 20(4) in force at 3.4.1995 for certain purposes by S.I. 1995/852, art. 4(1), Sch. 2 (subject to art. 4(2)-(6)); s. 20(4) in force at 1.10.1995 for certain purposes by S.I. 1995/2490, art. 4(1), Sch. 2 (subject to art. 4(2)(3)); s. 20(1)-(3) in force at 1.4.1996 by S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2; s. 20(4) in force at 1.4.1996 for certain purposes by S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1