SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Proceedings under Town and Country Planning Acts in relation to Tree Preservation Orders

2

Where under section 15(2)(a) an application, on being referred to the Minister, falls to be dealt with under the said Acts, the following shall apply:—

a

if the tree preservation order applies F1section 77 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or the corresponding provision of the M1Town and Country Planning Act 1947 replaced thereby, or (for Scotland) F2section 46 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 the provisions of the order and any provisions of the said Acts relating to the order shall apply as if the application—

i

had been one made under the order for the felling of the trees; and

ii

had been referred to the Minister in pursuance of the said section as so applied;

b

if the order contains no such provisions as aforesaid it shall have effect for the purposes of this paragraph as if F3the said section 77 or (for Scotland) F2the said section 46 were incorporated therein subject to such modifications as the Minister may direct.