# The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (England) Order 2006, Article 7: Amendments related to time periods for decision


(1) In article 1(2)—
(a) after the definition of “by local advertisement” insert—
““major development” means development involving any one or more of the following—
(a) the winning and working of minerals or the use of land for mineral-working deposits;
(b) waste development;
(c) the provision of dwelling-houses where—
(i) the number of dwelling-houses to be provided is 10 or more; or
(ii) the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of 0.5 hectares or more and it is not known whether the development falls within paragraph (c)(i);
(d) the provision of a building or buildings where the floor space to be created by the development is 1,000 square metres or more; or
(e) development carried out on a site having an area of 1 hectare or more;”;
(b) after the definition of “trunk road” insert—
““waste development” means any operational development designed to be used wholly or mainly for the purpose of, or material change of use to, treating, storing, processing or disposing of refuse or waste materials;”.
(2) In article 8(7) (publicity for applications) omit the definition of “major development” and “waste development”.
(3) In article 20 (time periods for decision) for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) The period specified in this paragraph is—
(a) in relation to an application for major development, a period of 13 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the local planning authority;
(b) in relation to an application for development which is not major development, a period of 8 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the local planning authority;
(c) in relation to any development, such extended period as may be agreed in writing between the applicant and the local planning authority except where the applicant has already given notice of appeal to the Secretary of State; or
(d) where a fee due in respect of an application has been paid by a cheque which is subsequently dishonoured, the appropriate period specified in (a) to (c) beginning with the day immediately after the date when the authority are satisfied that they have received the full amount of the fee.”.
(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (letter to be sent by local planning authority on receipt of application) for “eight week beginning with the date” substitute “in the case of applications for major development, 13 weeks, or in all other cases, 8 weeks, beginning with the day immediately following the date”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1062/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-amendment-england-order-2006/article-7
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