# The Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, Regulation 11A: Applications by interested planning authorities under tree preservation orders


(1) Before determining an application under regulation 11(2) the interested planning authority shall publicise it by posting a notice in at least one place on or near the land to which the application relates for not less than 21 days.
(2) A notice under paragraph (1) shall—
(a) identify the tree or trees to which the application relates (if necessary by reference to a plan);
(b) specify the work for which consent is sought;
(c) state the interested planning authority’s reasons for making the application;
(d) state the place at which a copy of the application may be inspected;
(e) state the address to which representations may be sent; and
(f) state the date (being not less than 21 days from the date on which the notice is first displayed) by which representations shall be made,
and shall be sited and displayed in such a way as to be easily visible and legible by members of the public.
(3) Where a notice under paragraph (1) is, without any fault or intention of the interested planning authority, removed, obscured or defaced before the date referred to in paragraph (2)(f), the authority shall be treated as having complied with the requirements of paragraph (1) if they have taken reasonable steps to preserve the notice and, if necessary, replace it.
(4) In determining an application under regulation 11(2), the interested planning authority shall take into account any representations made by the date specified in the notice under paragraph (1) of this regulation.
(5) The interested planning authority shall give notice of their decision to every person who made representations which the authority were required to take into account.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1492/regulation/11A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-regulations-1992/regulation-11A
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