The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020

2.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(3), after the definition of “the GPDO”, insert—

““the CIL Regulations” means the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010(2),”.

(3) In regulation 2, at the end, for “3 and 4” substitute “3, 4 and 4A”.

(4) After regulation 4 insert—

“4A.— (1) If prior to the commencement of the material period, a charging authority published a charging schedule under regulation 25 of the CIL Regulations that—

(a) pursuant to regulation 13 of those Regulations, set differential rates by reference to different intended uses of development, and

(b) for the purposes of setting such differential rates, referred to use classes which applied in relation to England and were specified in the Schedule to the Use Classes Order on 31st August 2020,

those references to use classes are to be read as if they were references to the descriptions of the uses which were specified for the purposes of those use classes in that Order on that date.

(2) In this regulation “charging authority” and “charging schedule” have the same meaning as in the CIL Regulations.”.

(1)

S.I. 2020/757.

(2)

S.I. 2010/948. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2012/2975, 2014/385, and 2019/1103. In the CIL Regulations, “charging schedule” is defined in regulation 2(1) and “charging authority” means the collecting authority for CIL charged in its area in accordance with regulation 10(1).