{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-section-62a-applications-procedure-and-consequential-amendments-order-2013/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-section-62a-applications-procedure-and-consequential-amendments-order-2013/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2140",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-section-62a-applications-procedure-and-consequential-amendments-order-2013",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Publicity for relevant applications: Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where the Secretary of State receives a relevant application which is a valid application within the meaning of article 8.\n(2) Where the application is a special development application or a standard major development application, the Secretary of State must—\n(a) within 5 working days of receipt of the application, publish the required information about it on a website maintained by the Secretary of State; and\n(b) as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt of the application—\n(i) make copies of the application and any document accompanying it available on such a website; and\n(ii) arrange for the publication of the requisite notice in relation to the application in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to which the application relates is situated.\n(3) Where the application is a standard non-major development application, the Secretary of State must—\n(a) within 5 working days of receipt of the application, publish the required information about it on a website maintained by the Secretary of State; and\n(b) as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt of the application make copies of the application and any document accompanying it available on such a website.\n(4) In this article, “the required information”, in relation to a relevant application, means—\n(a) the address or location of the proposed development;\n(b) a description of the proposed development;\n(c) the date by which any representations about the application must be made, which must not be before the last day of the period of 14 days , or in the case of an EIA application accompanied by an environmental statement 30 days, beginning with the date on which the information is published;\n(d) details of where and when the application may be inspected; and\n(e) the Secretary of State’s address for receipt of representations about the application.\n(5) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded unless the application is an EIA application accompanied by an environmental statement.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 12A-14 substituted for arts. 13, 14 (21.10.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/944), regs. 1(1), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 13(4)(c) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/571), regs. 1(1), 74(3) (with regs. 47, 70)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 13(5) inserted (1.6.2018 with application in accordance with art. 1(6) of the amending S.I.) by The Town and Country Planning (Local Authority Consultations etc.) (England) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/119), arts. 1(4), 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2140/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:43:28.016424+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."
}