# The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988, Article 27: Register of applications


(1) In this article and in article 28 “the local planning register authority” means—
(i) in Greater London or a metropolitan county, the local planning authority;
(ii) in a National Park (except in a metropolitan county), the county planning authority;
(iii) elsewhere, the district planning authority.
(2) The register of applications for planning permission required by section 34 of the Act shall be kept in two parts. Part I shall contain a copy of every application for planning permission and of any application for approval of reserved matters submitted to the local planning authority and not finally disposed of, together with copies of plans and drawings submitted in relation thereto. Part II shall contain, in respect of every application for planning permission—
(a) a copy (which may be photographic) of the application and of plans and drawings submitted in relation thereto;
(b) particulars of any direction given under the Act or this order in respect of the application;
(c) the decision (if any) of the local planning authority in respect of the application, including details of any conditions subject to which permission was granted, the date of such decision and the name of the local planning authority;
(d) the reference number, the date and effect of any decision of the Secretary of State in respect of the application, whether on appeal or on a reference under section 35 of the Act;
(e) the date of any subsequent approval (whether approval of reserved matters or any other approval required) given in relation to the application.
(3) Where, on any appeal to the Secretary of State under section 88 (enforcement notices) or 95 (applications for established use certificates) of the Act, the appellant is deemed to have made an application for planning permission and the Secretary of State has granted permission, the local planning register authority shall, on receipt of notification of the Secretary of State’s decision, enter into Part II of the register referred to in paragraph (2) particulars of the development concerned, the land on which it was carried out, and the date and effect of the Secretary of State’s decision.
(4) The register of applications for a determination under section 53 of the Act required by section 34(1) of the Act (as applied by section 53(2)) shall contain the following information—
(a) particulars of the application, including the name and address of the applicant, the date of the application and brief particulars of the proposal forming the subject of the application;
(b) the decision (if any) of the local planning authority in respect of the application, the date of such decision and the name of the local planning authority;
(c) the reference number, the date and effect of any decision of the Secretary of State in respect of the application, whether on appeal or on a reference under section 35 of the Act.
(5) In the case of a register kept by the Common Council or by a London borough council, the register shall contain the same particulars (including, where appropriate, copies of applications, plans and drawings) in respect of applications made to the Greater London Council which relate to land in the area of the council keeping the register as are required by paragraph (2), paragraph (3) or paragraph (4) of this article, as the case may be, in respect of applications made to the local planning authority.
(6) The register shall contain the following information about simplified planning zone schemes in the area of the authority—
(a) brief particulars of any action taken by the authority or the Secretary of State in accordance with section 24A(4) or Schedule 8A to the Act to establish or approve any simplified planning zone scheme, including the date of adoption or approval, the date on which the scheme or alteration becomes operative and the date on which it ceases to be operative;
(b) a copy of any simplified planning zone scheme, or alteration to an existing scheme, including any diagrams, illustrations, descriptive matter or any other prescribed material which has been made available for inspection under Schedule 8A of the Act;
(c) an index map showing the boundary of any operative or proposed simplified planning zone schemes, including alterations to existing schemes where appropriate, together with a reference to the entries in the register under (a) and (b) above.
(7) To enable any person to trace any entry in the register, every register shall include an index together with a separate index of applications for development involving mining operations or the creation of mineral working deposits.
(8) Every entry in the register shall be made within 14 days of the receipt of an application, or of the giving or making of the relevant direction, decision or approval as the case may be.
(9) The register shall either be kept at the principal office of the local planning register authority or that part of the register which relates to land in part of that authority’s area shall be kept at a place within or convenient to that part.
(10) For the purposes of paragraph (2) of this article, an application shall not be treated as finally disposed of unless—
(a) it has been decided by the authority (or the appropriate period allowed under article 23(2) of this order has expired without their giving a decision) and the period of six months specified in article 26 of this order has expired without any appeal having been made to the Secretary of State;
(b) if it has been referred to the Secretary of State under section 35 of the Act or an appeal has been made to the Secretary of State under section 36 of the Act, the Secretary of State has issued his decision and the period of six weeks specified in section 245 of the Act has expired without any application having been made to the High Court under that section;
(c) an application has been made to the High Court under section 245 of the Act and the matter has been finally determined, either by final dismissal of the application by a court or by the quashing of the Secretary of State’s decision and the issue of a fresh decision (without a further application under the said section 245); or
(d) it has been withdrawn before being decided by the authority, or an appeal has been withdrawn before the Secretary of State has issued his decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1813/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-order-1988/article-27
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