# The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, Article 8A: Crown development: applications referred to local planning authority by the Secretary of State


(1) Where the Secretary of State refers an application to the local planning authority under section 293D(7) of the 1990 Act and directs that the application is to be treated as having been made to that authority (“the referred application”), paragraphs (2) to (4) apply.
(2) Any references in this Order to the date of an application or to the date on which an application is made are to be interpreted in relation to the referred application as whichever is the later of—
(a) the date on which the local planning authority receives the referred application from the Secretary of State;
(b) the date on which the local planning authority receives the application fee from the applicant.
(3) Articles 13 (notice of applications for planning permission) and 14 (certificates in relation to notice of applications for planning permission) do not apply in relation to the referred application provided—
(a) the applicant complied with the notice requirements specified in article 9 the Town and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure and Written Representations) Order 2025 (“the 2025 Order”) when the original application was made to the Secretary of State under section 293D of the 1990 Act, and
(b) the application includes the certificate required by article 10 of the 2025 Order.
(4) Where paragraph (3) provides for articles 13 and 14 not to apply in relation to the referred application, the references to article 13 contained in article 34(9) and (9A) (time periods for decision) are to be interpreted as references to the equivalent provisions of article 9 of the 2025 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/595/article/8A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-management-procedure-england-order-2015/article-8A
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