# The Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1991, Article 4: Consultations before the grant of permission


In article 18 of the 1988 Order (consultations before the grant of permissions)—
(a) for paragraph (h) of the Table in paragraph (1), substitute—
“(h) Development involving—
The local highway authority concerned
(i) the formation, laying out or alteration of any means of access to a highway (other than a trunk road); or
The local highway authority concerned, and in the case of a road subject to a concession, the concessionaire
(ii) the construction of a highway or private means of access to premises affording access to a road in relation to which a toll order is in force”;
(b) for paragraph (t) of the Table in paragraph (1), substitute—
“The Council which gave, or is to be regarded as having given, the notice
(t) Development—
(i) in or likely to affect an area of special scientific interest of which notification has been given, or has effect as if given, to the local planning authority by the Nature Conservancy Council for England or the Countryside Council for Wales, in accordance with section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; or
(ii) within an area which has been notified to the local planning authority by the Nature Conservancy Council for England or the Countryside Council for Wales, and which is within two kilometres of an area of special scientific interest of which notification has been given or has effect as if given as aforesaid”;
(c) in paragraph (1), add as paragraph (x) of the Table—
“The National Rivers Authority
(x) Development for the purposes of fish farming”;
(d) after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) In paragraph (1)(h) “concessionaire”, “road subject to a concession” and “toll order” have the same meaning as in Part I of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2805/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-amendment-no-3-order-1991/article-4
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