Article 13 Publicity for relevant applications: Secretary of StateF1

England and Wales

(1)

This article applies where the Secretary of State receives a relevant application which is a valid application within the meaning of article 8.

(2)

Where the application is a special development application or a standard major development application, the Secretary of State must—

(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

(b)

as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt of the application—

(i)

make copies of the application and any document accompanying it available on such a website; and

(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.

(3)

Where the application is a standard non-major development application, the Secretary of State must—

(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

(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.

(4)

In this article, “the required information”, in relation to a relevant application, means—

(a)

the address or location of the proposed development;

(b)

a description of the proposed development;

(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 F2, 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;

(d)

details of where and when the application may be inspected; and

(e)

the Secretary of State’s address for receipt of representations about the application.

(F35)

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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 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)
F2: 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)
F3: 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