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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-management-procedure-england-order-2015/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/595",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015",
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  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Notice of reference of applications to the Secretary of State",
  "text": "On referring any application to the Secretary of State under section 77 (reference of applications to Secretary of State) of the 1990 Act pursuant to a direction made under that section, a local planning authority must serve on the applicant a notice—\n(a) setting out the terms of the direction and any reasons given by the Secretary of State for issuing it; and\n(b) stating that the application has been referred to the Secretary of State.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/595/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:43:45.482408+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."
}