{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-83",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-83.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/29",
  "legislation_title": "Planning Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008",
  "path": "section/83",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "83",
  "heading": "Single appointed person to examine and report on application",
  "text": "(1) The single appointed person has the functions of—\n(a) examining the application, and\n(b) making a report to the Secretary of State on the application setting out—\n(i) the single appointed person’s findings and conclusions in respect of the application, and\n(ii) the single appointed person’s recommendation as to the decision to be made on the application.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The single appointed person’s functions under subsection (1) are to be carried out in accordance with Chapter 4.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 83(1) substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 35(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 83(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 35(3); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 83(2) repealed (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 35(4), Sch. 25 Pt. 20; S.I. 2012/628, art. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 83(3) substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 35(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 83(4) repealed (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 35(5), Sch. 25 Pt. 20; S.I. 2012/628, art. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 83 heading substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 35(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 83 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/83",
    "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."
  }
}