256 Application to. . . F1planning authorities of provisions as to planning control and enforcement.S
(1)In relation to land of. . . F1 planning authorities, and to the development by local authorities of land in respect of which they are the. . . F1 planning authorities, the provisions of this Act specified in Part III of Schedule 19 to this Act shall have effect subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act.
(2)Subject to the provisions of section 37 of this Act, any such regulations may in particular provide for securing—
(a)that any application by such an authority for planning permission to develop such land, or for any other consent required in relation to such land under the said provisions, shall be made to the Secretary of State and not to the. . . F1 planning authority;
(b)that any order or notice authorised to be made or served under those provisions in relation to such land shall be made or served by the Secretary of State and not by the. . . F1 planning authority.
(3)Sections 23, 24 and 26(2) and (3) of this Act shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to applications made to the Secretary of State in pursuance of regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, as they apply in relation to applications for planning permission which fall to be determined by the. . . F1 planning authority.
Textual Amendments
F1Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)