# The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017, Article 5F: Acknowledgement etc of applications


(1) When the local planning authority receive an application which—
(a) complies with the requirements of article 5D; and
(b) is accompanied by the fee required to be paid in respect of the application,
the authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, send to the applicant an acknowledgement of the application in the terms (or substantially in the terms) set out in Schedule 1.
(2) Where, after sending an acknowledgement as required by paragraph (1), the local planning authority consider that the application is invalid, they must as soon as reasonably practicable notify the applicant that the application is invalid.
(3) In this article, an application is invalid if it is not a valid application within the meaning of article 5S(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/402/article/5F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-permission-in-principle-order-2017/article-5F
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