Article 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Timetable for Decisions) (England) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

In this Order—

• “called-in application” means an application for planning permission or for the approval of any local planning authority required under a development order which has been referred to the First Secretary of State under section 77^f1 of the Act;

• “section 78 appeal” means an appeal under section 78^f2 of the Act;

• “the Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f3; and

• “the Listed Buildings Act” means the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990^f4.

In this Order, any reference to “the First Secretary of State” shall, in relation to applications and appeals to which section 266 of the Act applies (applications for planning permission by statutory undertakers), be treated as a reference to the First Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister^f5.

This Order applies in relation to England only.