The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Permission in Principle etc) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2017

Consequential amendment to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

3.—(1) The Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 69 (register of applications etc)—

(a) in paragraph (2) for “and (aa)” substitute “, (aa) and (aza)”; and

(b) in paragraph (4) after “(aa)” insert “, (aza)”.

(3) In section 75 (effect of planning permission)—

(a) in the heading, after “planning permission” insert “or permission in principle”; and

(b) in subsection (1), after “planning permission”, in both places, insert “or permission in principle”.

(4) In section 96A (non-material changes to planning permission)—

(a) in the heading, after “planning permission” insert “or permission in principle”;

(b) in subsection (1) after “planning permission” insert “, or any permission in principle (granted following an application to the authority),”;

(c) in subsections (2), (4), (6) and (7) after “planning permission”, in each place, insert “or permission in principle”; and

(d) in subsection (3), after “includes power” insert “to make a change to a planning permission”.

(5) In section 100 (revocation and modification of planning permission by the Secretary of State), in the heading, after “planning permission” insert “or permission in principle”.

(1)

1990 c. 8. Section 69 was substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) and section 69(2) and (4) were amended by section 190 of the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), there are other amendments not relevant to this instrument. Section 96A was inserted by section 190 of the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29).