{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-section-62a-applications-procedure-and-consequential-amendments-order-2013/article-23",
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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/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Time periods for decision",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (4), where a valid application (within the meaning in article 8) has been received by the Secretary of State, he must, within the period specified or referred to in paragraph (2), give the applicant notice of his decision.\n(2) The period specified or referred to in this paragraph is—\n(a) in relation to a relevant application for EIA development, 16 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the Secretary of State;\n(aa) in relation to a relevant application for public service infrastructure development, 10 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the Secretary of State;\n(b) in relation to a relevant application in respect of major development not within sub-paragraphs (a) or (aa), 13 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the Secretary of State; ...\n(ba) in relation to a relevant application in respect of non-major development not within sub-paragraph (a), 8 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the Secretary of State; or\n(c) such extended period as may be agreed in writing between the applicant and the Secretary of State.\n(3) Where a fee due in respect of an application has been paid by a cheque which is subsequently dishonoured—\n(a) sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (2) have effect as if for “the application is received by the Secretary of State” there were substituted “the Secretary of State is satisfied that he has received the full amount of the fee”; and\n(b) sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph have effect as if at the end there were added “once the Secretary of State is satisfied that he has received the full amount of the fee”.\n(4) Subject to paragraphs (4A), (4B) and (6), the Secretary of State must not determine a relevant application, where any notice of, or information about, the application has been—\n(a) published in a newspaper under article 9, within the period of 14 days beginning with the date when the notice was published;\n(b) served on an owner of the land or tenant of an agricultural holding under article 9, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was served on that person;\n(c) given by site display under article 9, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was first displayed by site display;\n(d) published in a newspaper under article 13, within the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the notice was published;\n(e) published on a website under article 13, within the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the information was published;\n(f) served on an adjoining owner or occupier under article 14, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was served on that person;\n(g) given by site display under article 14, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was first displayed by site display;\n(h) served on an infrastructure manager under article 14A, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning when with the date when then notice was first served on that person.\n(4A) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraphs (d) to (g) of paragraph (4), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.\n(4B) In the case of an EIA application accompanied by an environmental statement, the Secretary of State must not determine a relevant application, where any notice of, or information about, the application has been—\n(a) published on a website under article 13, within the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which the information was published;\n(b) published in a newspaper under article 13, within the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which the information was published;\n(c) given by site display under article 14, within the period of 30 days beginning with the date when the notice was first displayed by site display.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) In the case of a relevant application for public service infrastructure development, in sub-paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of paragraph (4), “21 days” is to be read, in each place it occurs, as if it were a reference to “18 days”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 23(2)(aa) inserted (16.7.2021 with application in accordance with reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/746), arts. 1(3), 28(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 23(2)(b) substituted (21.10.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/944), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 23(2)(b) substituted (16.7.2021 with application in accordance with reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/746), arts. 1(3), 28(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in art. 23(2) omitted (21.10.2016) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/944), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 23(2)(ba) inserted (21.10.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/944), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 23(4)-(4B) substituted for art. 23(4)(4A) (16.7.2021 with application in accordance with reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/746), arts. 1(3), 28(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Art. 23(5) omitted (15.4.2015) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/797), arts. 1(1), 5(2) (with art. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Art. 23(6) inserted (16.7.2021 with application in accordance with reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/746), arts. 1(3), 28(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 23 in force at 1.10.2013, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2140/article/23",
    "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."
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