{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-196",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-196.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990",
  "path": "section/196",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "196",
  "heading": "Further provisions as to references and appeals to the Secretary of State.",
  "text": "(1) Before determining . . . an appeal to him under section 195(1), the Secretary of State shall, if either the appellant or the local planning authority so wish, give each of them an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose.\n(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to an appeal against a decision of a local planning authority in England.\n(1B) Subsection (1) does not apply to an appeal to the Welsh Ministers.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State grants a certificate under section 191 or 192 on such a reference or an appeal under section 195(1), he shall give notice to the local planning authority of that fact.\n(3) The decision of the Secretary of State on such . . . appeal shall be final.\n(4) The information which may be prescribed as being required to be contained in a register kept under section 69 shall include information with respect to certificates under section 191 or 192 granted by the Secretary of State.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) Subsection (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which authorises a Minister holding an inquiry under that section to make orders with respect to the costs of the parties) shall apply in relation to any proceedings in England before the Secretary of State on an appeal under section 195 as if those proceedings were an inquiry held by the Secretary of State under section 250.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 196(1) repealed (27.7.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), ss. 32, 84(6), Sch. 7 para. 33(a), Sch. 19 Pt. 1 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1992/1630, art. 2, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 196(1) substituted (27.7.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 32, Sch. 7 para. 33(a) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1992/1630, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 196(1A) inserted (25.4.2024 for specified purposes) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), s. 241(8), Sch. 10 para. 8(2) (with s. 226); S.I. 2024/452, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 196(1B) inserted (11.11.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Determination of Procedure) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2773), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 196(2) substituted (27.7.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 32, Sch. 7 para. 33(b) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1992/1630, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 196(2) substituted (11.11.2014) by The Town and Country Planning (Determination of Procedure) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2773), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7(3) and (25.4.2024 for specified purposes) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), s. 241(8), Sch. 10 para. 8(3) (with s. 226); S.I. 2024/452, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 196(3) repealed (27.7.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), ss. 32, 84(6), Sch. 7 para. 33(c), Sch. 19 Pt. 1 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1992/1630, art. 2, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 196(4) substituted (27.7.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 32, Sch. 7 para. 33(d) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1992/1630, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 196(5)-(7) repealed (27.7.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), ss. 32, 84(6), Sch. 7 para. 33(e), Sch. 19 Pt. 1 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1992/1630, art. 2, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 3(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 196(8) inserted (temp.) by virtue of Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 6, Sch. 4 paras. 1, 4 (which temp. insertion falls (2.1.1992 and 6.4.2009) for specified purposes only by virtue of S.I. 1991/2698, art. 3 and S.I. 2009/849, art. 2 (with art. 3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 196(8) inserted (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 5 para. 10; S.I. 2016/52, art. 4(a) (with art. 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 196: power to apply conferred (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 171(4)(a); S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3"
    }
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    {
      "type": "words omitted",
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      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/196",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:00.269643+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."
}