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Explanatory note

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

These rules amend—

the Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1974;

the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Appointed Persons) (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1974; and

the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1981.

The amendments are mainly minor and consequential upon the abolition of the Greater London Council and metropolitan county councils and the transfer of certain functions of the Greater London Council to the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (“English Heritage”). In addition, the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1981 are applied to inquiries held for the purpose of appeals under section 97 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 against listed building enforcement notices where such appeals fall to be determined by a person appointed by the Secretary of State.