Article 22 Decision by planning authority

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

arts.7, 22(2), 23(1)(b)(4) revoked by Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) 1992 Sch. para 1
arts.12(1)(4), 14(1)(2), 22(3) amended by Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) 1992 Sch, para 3
art 22 am by Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) 2007 art 2

(1)

When a planning authority give notice of a decision in respect of an application for planning permission or for approval of reserved matters, the notice shall be in writing and where the planning authority decide to grant permission or approval subject to conditions or to refuse it, the notice shall—

(a)

state the reasons for the decision;

(b)

where the Secretary of State has given a direction restricting the grant of permission for the development referred to in the application, give details of the direction; and

(c)

in the case of refusal or approval subject to conditions be accompanied by a not ification in the terms (or substantially in the terms) set out in the notification in Schedule 9.

(2)

When a planning authority give notice of a determination in the case of an application made under section 51 of the Act, the notice shall—

(a)

be in writing;

(b)

state the reasons for the determination; and

(c)

contain a statement to the effect that if the applicant is aggrieved by their decision he may appeal to the Secretary of State under section 33 of the Act within six months of notice thereof.

(3)

A planning authority shall furnish to the Secretary of State and to such other persons as may be prescribed by directions given by the Secretary of State information as to the manner in which applications made to them under articles 3 to 7 have been dealt with and such other information as may be so prescribed.