# The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017, Article 5M: Representations by parish council or neighbourhood forum before determination of application


(1) Where, in relation to an application for permission in principle—
(a) a parish council is given information pursuant to paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act; or
(b) a neighbourhood forum is given information pursuant to paragraph 8A of that Schedule,
the council or the forum, as the case may be, must, as soon as practicable, notify the local planning authority who are determining the application whether it proposes to make any representations about the manner in which the application should be determined, and must make any representations to that authority within 14 days of the notification of the application.
(2) A local planning authority must not determine any application in respect of which a parish council or neighbourhood forum are required to be given information before—
(a) the council or the forum, as the case may be, inform them that it does not propose to make any representations;
(b) representations are made by that council or forum; or
(c) the period of 14 days mentioned in paragraph (1) has elapsed,
whichever occurs first; and in determining the application the authority must take into account any representations received.
(3) The local planning register authority must notify the parish council, or as the case may be, the neighbourhood forum of—
(a) the terms of the decision on any such application; or
(b) where the application is referred to the Secretary of State—
(i) the date when it was so referred; and
(ii) when notified to the authority, the terms of the Secretary of State’s decision.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), “the local planning register authority” has the same meaning as in article 40 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.

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