# Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Paragraph 5


(1) A local planning authority may decline to consider a proposal submitted to them if they consider that it is a repeat proposal.
(2) A proposal (“the proposal in question”) is a “repeat” proposal for the purposes of this paragraph if it meets conditions A and B.
(3) Condition A is that—
(a) in the period of two years ending with the date on which the proposal in question is received, the authority received a proposal under this Schedule (“the earlier proposal”),
(b) the authority did not make a neighbourhood development plan in response to the earlier proposal as a result of paragraph 8(4) or 14(4) or (8), and
(c) the earlier proposal was the same as or similar to the proposal in question.
(4) Condition B is that the local planning authority consider that there has been no significant change in circumstances since the earlier proposal was dealt with as mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(b).

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/5/schedule/a2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-compulsory-purchase-act-2004/schedule-a2/paragraph-5
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.