Article 2 General provisions relating to applications

for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)

Any application made under regulation 3 of the 1988 Regulations or article 8 or 9 above, shall be made—

(a)

where the application relates to land in Greater London or a metropolitan county, to the local planning authority;

(b)

where the application relates to land in neither Greater London nor a metropolitan county and—

(i)

that land is in a National Park, or

(ii)

the application relates to a county matter,

to the county planning authority;

(c)

in any other case, to the district planning authority.”;

for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)

Where an application is made to a county planning authority in accordance with paragraph (1), that authority shall, as soon as practicable, send a copy of the application and of any accompanying plans and drawings to the district planning authority.”;

after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5)

In this article, “county matter” has the meaning given to that expression in paragraph (1) of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.”.