{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-mayor-of-london-amendment-and-transitional-provision-order-2026/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/345",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-mayor-of-london-amendment-and-transitional-provision-order-2026",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendments to article 7",
  "text": "In article 7 (direction that the Mayor is to be the local planning authority)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) the impact criterion is met;”;\n(b) after paragraph (1), insert—\n“(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the impact criterion is met if—\n(a) for a Category 3J application, the development or any of the issues raised by the development to which the application relates would have an impact on the implementation of the spatial development strategy;\n(b) in any other case, the development or any of the issues raised by the development to which the PSI application relates is of such a nature or scale that it would have a significant impact on the implementation of the spatial development strategy.”;\n(c) in paragraph (3)(a), after “Category 1A”, insert “or Category 3J”;\n(d) in paragraph (4), after “Category 1A”, insert “or Category 3J”\n(e) for paragraph (5) substitute—\n“(5) A direction under paragraph (1) may not be given after—\n(a) in the case of a Category 3J application, the end of the period referred to in article 5(1B)(b)(i);\n(b) where paragraph (6) applies, the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the Mayor received the applicant’s request;\n(c) in any other case, the end of the period referred to in article 5(1)(b)(i).”;\n(f) in paragraph (6)(a), for “article 20(2) of the GDPO” substitute “article 34(2) of the DMPO”;\n(g) in paragraph (8), for “article 25 of the GDPO (register of applications)” substitute “article 40 of the DMPO (register of applications and biodiversity gain plans)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/345/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:03:31.311992+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}