The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

27.  Where a prior approval event occurs, the planning permission granted by Class M, N, O, PA or Q of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Order continues to have effect as if the amendments made by Part 2 of these Regulations had not been made.

(1) In this regulation—

“prior approval application” has the same meaning as in section 69A(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1);

“prior approval event” means—

(a)

the giving of prior approval in relation to matters in paragraph M.2 of Class M, paragraph N.2 of Class N, paragraph O.2 of Class O, paragraph PA.2 of Class PA or paragraph Q.2 of Class Q of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Order—

(i)

before 1st August 2020;

(ii)

on or after 1st August 2020 where the prior approval application was submitted to the local planning authority before 1st August 2020;

(iii)

on or after 1st August 2020 in relation to an appeal which was lodged under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 within 6 months of the date of notice of refusal of a prior approval application submitted before 1st August 2020;

(b)

a determination, in writing, that prior approval is not required to be given in relation to matters in paragraph M.2 of Class M, paragraph N.2 of Class N, paragraph O.2 of Class O, paragraph PA.2 of Class PA or paragraph Q.2 of Class Q of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Order—

(i)

before 1st August 2020;

(ii)

on or after 1st August 2020 where the prior approval application in accordance with paragraph W of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Order was submitted to the local planning authority before 1st August 2020; or

(c)

the expiry of 56 days beginning with the date on which the local planning authority received the prior approval application in relation to development proposed in Class M, N, O, PA or Q in accordance with paragraph W of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Order without the local planning authority notifying the applicant, in writing, of their determination as to whether or not such approval is required—

(i)

before 1st August 2020; or

(ii)

on or after 1st August 2020 where the prior approval application was submitted before 1st August 2020.

(1)

1990 c. 8. Section 69A(2) was inserted by section 17 of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20).