# The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013, Article 45: Time periods for decision


(1) Subject to paragraph (4), where a connected listed building application, which is a valid application (within the meaning in article 32), 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.
(2) The period specified or referred to in this paragraph is—
(a) where the application for listed building consent is connected to a relevant application in respect of major development 13 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the Secretary of State; ...
(aa) where the application for listed building consent is connected to a relevant application in respect of non-major development, 8 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the Secretary of State; or
(b) such extended period as may be agreed in writing between the applicant and the Secretary of State.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the Secretary of State must not determine a connected listed building application, where any notice of, or information about, the application has been—
(a) published in a newspaper under article 33, within the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the notice was published;
(b) served on an owner of the land under article 33, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was served on that person;
(c) published in a newspaper under article 37, within the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the notice was published;
(d) published on a website under article 37(1), within the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the information was published; and
(e) given by site display under article 38, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was first displayed by site display.
(3A) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraphs (c) to (e) of paragraph (3), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.
(4) Where, under paragraph (3), more than one of the periods applies, the Secretary of State must not determine the application before the end of the later or latest of such periods.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2140/article/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-section-62a-applications-procedure-and-consequential-amendments-order-2013/article-45
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