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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/29",
  "legislation_title": "Planning Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Consultation on publicity requirements",
  "text": "(1) In deciding what steps are appropriate for the purposes of section 7(5), the Secretary of State must consult—\n(a) each local authority that is within subsection (2) , (3) or (3A), and\n(b) the Greater London Authority, if any of the locations concerned is in Greater London.\n(2) A local authority is within this subsection if any of the locations concerned is in the authority's area.\n(3) A local authority (“A”) is within this subsection if—\n(a) any of the locations concerned is in the area of another local authority (“B”),\n(aa) B is a unitary council or a lower-tier district council, and\n(b) any part of the boundary of A's area is also a part of the boundary of B's area.\n(3A) If any of the locations concerned is in the area of an upper-tier county council (“C”), a local authority (“D”) is within this subsection if—\n(a) D is not a lower-tier district council, and\n(b) any part of the boundary of D's area is also part of the boundary of C's area.\n(4) In this section “local authority” means—\n(a) a county council, or district council, in England;\n(b) a London borough council;\n(c) the Common Council of the City of London;\n(d) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(e) a county council, or county borough council, in Wales;\n(f) a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39);\n(g) a National Park authority;\n(h) the Broads Authority.\n(5) In this section—\n“lower-tier district council” means a district council in England for an area for which there is a county council;\n“unitary council” means a local authority that is not an upper-tier county council, a lower-tier district council, a National Park authority or the Broads Authority;\n“upper-tier county council” means a county council in England for each part of whose area there is a district council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 130(9), 240(2) (with s. 144); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 8(3)(aa) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 130(10), 240(2) (with s. 144); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 8(3A) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 130(11), 240(2) (with s. 144); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 8(5) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 130(12), 240(2) (with s. 144); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8(1) excluded (14.8.2015) by The Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1570), arts. 1, 25(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 6.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/400, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:38.131823+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."
}