# The Town and Country Planning (Various Inquiries) (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1986, Schedule 3: AMENDMENT OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENFORCEMENT) (INQUIRIES PROCEDURE) RULES 1981


In rule 2,—
(a) there shall be substituted for paragraph (1)(d):—
“(d) to local inquiries held by a person appointed by the Secretary of State under Schedule 9 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 to determine appeals under section 97 (listed building enforcement notices) or under that section as extended by section 277A (buildings in conservation areas); and
(e) to local inquiries caused by the Secretary of State to be held in connection with the determination by him of applications or appeals under section 95 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (established use certificates).”;
and
(b) paragraph (2) shall be omitted.
In rule 3,—
(a) the definition of “county planning authority” and “district planning authority” shall be omitted; and
(b) for the definition of “local planning authority” there shall be substituted:—
““local planning authority” means the body who issued the relevant enforcement notice or listed building enforcement notice or the body to whom it fell to determine the relevant application for an established use certificate; ”
For rule 8(1) there shall be substituted:—
“(1) The persons entitled to appear at the inquiry are—
(a) the appellant;
(b) the local planning authority;
(c) any person on whom the Secretary of State has required notice to be served under rule 4(2)(b);
(d) a body of any of the following descriptions where the relevant land is in the area in which that body has responsibilities and it is not otherwise entitled to appear—
(i) a county council,
(ii) a London borough council,
(iii) a district council,
(iv) a National Park Committee,
(v) a joint or special planning board,
(vi) a new town development corporation,
(vii) an urban development corporation,
(viii) an enterprise zone authority;
(e) where the inquiry relates to a listed building enforcement notice concerning a building in Greater London and it is not otherwise entitled to appear, the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.
In this paragraph “London borough council” includes the Common Council of the City of London and “district council” includes the Council of the Isles of Scilly. ”.
Rule 18 shall be omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/420/schedule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-various-inquiries-procedure-amendment-rules-1986/schedule-3
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