{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-103",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-103.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/29",
  "legislation_title": "Planning Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008",
  "path": "section/103",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "Secretary of State is to decide applications",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State has the function of deciding an application for an order granting development consent ...\n(1A) Schedule 2A makes provision about biodiversity gain in relation to decisions of the Secretary of State under sections 104 and 105; and for related matters.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 103(1) repealed (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 48(2), Sch. 25 Pt. 20; S.I. 2012/628, art. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 103(1A) inserted (7.5.2026) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(3), Sch. 15 para. 2 (with s. 144); S.I. 2026/492, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 103(2) repealed (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 48(3), Sch. 25 Pt. 20; S.I. 2012/628, art. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 103 heading substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 48(4); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 103 in force at 1.3.2010 by S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(d) (with art. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:38.131823+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}