Statutory Instruments
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
Made
25th July 2005
Coming into force
24th August 2005
1. This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 24th August 2005.
2. In this Order—
“the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;
“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
“the Council” means the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and
“England” means England excluding the Isles of Scilly.
3. Subject to article 4, the Council shall exercise for the Isles of Scilly all functions under the 1990 Act and Part 2 of the 2004 Act exercisable by a local planning authority or a mineral planning authority for their respective areas in England.
4.—(1) It is directed that the following exceptions from, and adaptations and modifications of, the 1990 Act and the 2004 Act shall have effect—
(a)any reference to a local planning authority, except in paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act, or to a mineral planning authority, shall include a reference to the Council;
(b)any reference to the council of a county shall include a reference to the Council;
(c)any reference to a district shall include a reference to the Isles of Scilly, and any reference to the council of a district shall include a reference to the Council;
(d)any requirement as to–
(i)consultation between a local planning authority or a mineral planning authority or the council of a county, and the council of a district;
(ii)consultation between the council of a county, and a local planning authority; or
(iii)the giving of notice by any body mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) to any other such body,
shall not apply.
(2) It is directed that section 4 (assistance from certain local authorities) of the 2004 Act shall have effect as if, in subsection (4), after paragraph (d), there were inserted—
“(e)the Council of the Isles of Scilly.”.
5.—(1) Article 4 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2004(3), in so far as it relates to the Isles of Scilly, is revoked.
(2) The Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 1992(4) is revoked subject to paragraph (3) of this article.
(3) For the purposes of Schedule 8 to the 2004 Act (Transitional Provisions: Parts 1 and 2) and the Town and Country Planning (Transitional Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2004(5), the provisions set out in the Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 1992 shall continue to have effect as if those provisions had not been revoked.
(4) The Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 1990(6) is revoked.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Yvette Cooper
Minister of State
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
25th July 2005
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the exercise of planning functions in the Isles of Scilly by the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
This Order directs exceptions to and adaptations and modifications of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 for the purposes of application of the legislation to the Isles of Scilly.
This Order revokes, with savings, the Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 1992 (S.I.1992/1620) and revokes the Town and Country Planning (Isles of Scilly) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2233).
The Isles of Scilly are defined by, and the Council of the Isles of Scilly is constituted under, the Isles of Scilly Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1844).
1990 c. 8. The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was amended by Part 1 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 and the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Section 319 was substituted by paragraph 49 of Schedule 7 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 1991 (c. 34) and extended by paragraph 51 of Schedule 4 of that Act.
S.I. 2004/2202.
S.I. 1992/1620.
S.I. 2004/2205. The Order is made under paragraphs 17(1) and (2) and 18 of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
S.I. 1990/2233.