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The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 14 and Saving) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/340 · Made 23 February 2015

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Town And Country Planning, Wales

Made 23rd February 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 121(1) and (2) and 122(3) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004f1 and after consultation with the Welsh Ministersf2, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2004 c. 5.

f2

As to consultation with the Welsh Ministers see section 121(2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 22nd June 2015 in relation to Wales
  3. 3Provisions coming into force on 22nd June 2015 in relation to Wales
  4. 4Saving
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 14 and Saving) Order 2015.

(2)

In this Order “the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2Provisions coming into force on 22nd June 2015 in relation to Wales

To the extent that they are not already in force, the following provisions of the 2004 Act shall come into force, in relation to Wales, on 22nd June 2015:

(a)

section 49;

(b)

section 50;

(c)

section 52; and

(d)

section 54.

3Provisions coming into force on 22nd June 2015 in relation to Wales

Insofar as it inserts subsection (3C) into section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990f1, section 51(1)(b) of the 2004 Act shall come into force, in relation to Wales, on 22nd June 2015.

4Saving

The duty in section 54(4) of the 2004 Act to give a substantive response to any consultation mentioned in subsection (2) of that section shall have no effect in relation to an application for planning permission, approval or consent under or by virtue of the planning Acts received by a local planning authority before 22nd June 2015.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Brandon Lewis

Minister of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

23rd February 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order brings into force on 22nd June 2015, the following provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”), in relation to Wales, so far as they are not already in force—

Section 49 (development to include certain internal operations);

Section 50 (appeal made: functions of local planning authority);

Section 52 (temporary stop notice); and

Section 54 (duty to respond to consultation).

Article 3 of this Order brings section 51(1)(b) of the 2004 Act into force on 22nd June 2015, in relation to Wales, insofar as it inserts subsection (3C) into section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (duration of permission and consent).

Article 4 of this Order makes a saving for the purposes of section 54 of the 2004 Act.