# The Town and Country Planning (Transitional Provisions) Order 1974, Article 10


(1) Except where otherwise provided by the Act or by this order, any of the following things done before 1st April 1974 by or to or on or in relation to an existing local planning authority, or having effect as if so done, that is to say— any order, direction, written agreement or other instrument in writing, permission, approval, determination, consent, notice, certificate, proceeding (including appearance at any inquiry or hearing) or decision made, entered into, taken, given or served—
(i) which relates wholly or in part to a county matter shall have effect as if done by, to, on or in relation to the county planning authority in whose area the land to which it relates is situate or, if more than one, insofar as it relates to any part of the land, the county planning authority in whose area such part is situate; and
(ii) which relates wholly to matters other than county matters (except in relation to a National Park) shall have effect as if done by, to, on or in relation to the district planning authority in whose area the land to which it relates is situate or, if more than one, insofar as it relates to any part of the land, the district planning authority in whose area such part is situate, and (in relation to a National Park except the Lake District National Park and the Peak District National Park) shall have effect as if done by, to, on or in relation to the county planning authority in whose area such part is situate or, if more than one, insofar as it relates to any part of the land, the county planning authority in whose area such part is situate.
(2) In this article “county matter” has the meaning in relation to all matters which is assigned to that term in relation to certain matters in paragraph 32 of Schedule 16 to the Act.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/459/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-transitional-provisions-order-1974/article-10
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.