# The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995, Article 13: Notice to parish and community councils


(1) Where the council of a parish or community are given information in relation to an application pursuant to paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act (local planning authorities — distribution of functions), they shall, as soon as practicable, notify the local planning authority who are determining the application whether they propose to make any representations about the manner in which the application should be determined, and shall make any representations to that authority within 14 days of the notification to them of the application.
(2) A local planning authority shall not determine any application in respect of which a parish or community are required to be given information before—
(a) the council of the parish or community inform them that they do not propose to make any representations;
(b) representations are made by that council; or
(c) the period of 14 days mentioned in paragraph (1) has elapsed,
whichever shall first occur; and in determining the application the authority shall take into account any representations received from the council of the parish or community.
(3) The district planning authority (or, in a metropolitan county, the local planning authority) shall notify the council of the parish or community of the terms of the decision on any such application or, where the application is referred to the Secretary of State, of the date when it was so referred and, when notified to them, of the terms of his decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/419/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-order-1995/article-13
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