Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

4(1)Subject to sections 4(3) and (4), 6, 7 and 8 of the principal Act, the functions of a local planning authority under sections 67(2) and (3), 69, 70 and 74 and paragraph 2(3) and (4) of Schedule 1 shall be exercisable—

(a)in Greater London or a metropolitan county, by the local planning authority;

(b)in any part of a National Park outside a metropolitan county, by the county planning authority; and

(c)elsewhere, by the district planning authority;

but outside a National Park a county planning authority shall also have power to make determinations and designations under section 69.

(2)Before making a determination under section 69 a county planning authority shall consult the council of each district of which any part is included in the area to which the proposed determination relates.

(3)Where it is the duty of the district planning authority to take the steps required by section 67(2) in relation to an application which falls to be determined by the county planning authority, the district planning authority shall as soon as possible after taking those steps notify the county planning authority of the steps which they have taken and the date on which they took them.

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