The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023

Amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015

2.  In Schedule 4 (Consultations before the grant of permission) to the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015(1)—

(a) in the table after paragraph (zg) insert—

“(zh)	Development falling within any of the following descriptions— (i) the development includes 150 dwellings or more; (ii) development for the provision of a building or buildings, where the use is not exclusively for the provision of dwellings, and where the floor space to be created by the development is 7,500 square metres or more; or (iii) the overall area of the development is 5 hectares or more.	Active Travel England(2)”.

(b) In paragraph l of the Interpretation of Table, after sub-paragraph (l) insert—

“(m)  in paragraph (zh) “dwellings” include a house, building containing one or more flats, or a flat contained within such a building.”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/595. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/873, S.I. 2018/1234 and S.I. 2021/746.

(2)

Active Travel England is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1099662/framework-document-active-travel-england.pdf