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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-section-62a-applications-procedure-and-consequential-amendments-order-2013/article-20",
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  "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/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Notification of mineral applications",
  "text": "(1) Where notice has been given for the purposes of this article to the Secretary of State as respects land which is in the area of the designated planning authority and specified in the notice—\n(a) by the Coal Authority that the land contains coal; or\n(b) by the Crown Estate Commissioners that it contains silver or gold,\nthe Secretary of State must not determine any relevant application for planning permission to win and work any mineral on that land, without first notifying the body or person who gave the notice that an application has been made.\n(2) In this article, “coal” means coal other than that—\n(a) won or worked during the course of operations which are carried on exclusively for the purpose of exploring for coal; or\n(b) which it is necessary to dig or carry away in the course of activities carried on for purposes which do not include the getting of coal or any product of coal.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 20 in force at 1.10.2013, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2140/article/20",
    "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."
}