3. The description of development prescribed under section 62A(2) of the 1990 Act as major development is any development involving one or more of the following—
(a)the provision of dwellinghouses where—
(i)the number of dwellinghouses to be provided is 10 or more; or
(ii)the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of 0.5 hectares or more and it is not known whether the development falls within sub-paragraph (a)(i);
(b)the provision of a building or buildings where the floor space to be created by the development is 1,000 square metres or more;
(c)development carried out on a site having an area of 1 hectare or more.
4. For the purposes of section 319A(3) of the 1990 Act(1) the prescribed period within which the Secretary of State must decide the procedure to be followed for the determination of a relevant application(2) is 5 working days beginning with the day after the end of the representation period.
Section 319A was inserted into the 1990 Act by section 196 of the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29).
See section 62A(2)(b) of the 1990 Act for the meaning of “relevant application”. Section 62A was inserted into the 1990 Act by section 1 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27).