Article 2 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Hearings) Rules 2013

(1)

The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Hearings) Rules 2013^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In rule 2 (interpretation), in the appropriate place, insert—

““relevant application” has the meaning given in section 62A(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f2;”

(3)

In rule 4 (date and notification of hearing)—

(a)

in paragraph (2), for “not less than 2 weeks’” substitute “at least the minimum amount of”;

(b)

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)
In paragraph (2) “the minimum amount of notice” means—

(a)
in relation to a hearing to be held regarding a relevant application in respect of major development, 2 weeks’;

(b)
in relation to a hearing to be held regarding a relevant application in respect of non-major development, five working days’.”

(c)

after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6)
In this rule, “major development” and “non-major development” have the meanings given by regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Written Representations and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013^f3.”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2013/2141.
f2: Section 62A was inserted into the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) by section 1 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), and subsection (2) was substituted by section 153(3) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).
f3: S.I. 2013/2142; amended by S.I. 2016/944 with effect from 21st October 2016 which inserts definitions of “major development” and “non-major development”.