SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 Functions Under, and Amendment and Modification of, Enactments Relating to Town and Country Planning

Part II Other Enactments

The M1Land Compensation Act 1961

Annotations:
Marginal Citations

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F1In England, elsewhere than in Greater London F2, a metropolitan county or a National Park the functions of a local planning authority of determining applications and issuing certificates under section 17 of the M2Land Compensation Act 1961 shall—

a

in the case of an application specifying only a F8description of development which appears, or F9descriptions of development each of which appear, to the district planning authority to relate to a county matter, be exercised by the county planning authority;

b

in any other case, be exercised by the district planning authority.

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3

Every application mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be made to the district planning authority who, in the case of an application falling to be determined by the county planning authority, shall send it on to the latter.

4

A county planning authority determining any such application shall consult with the district planning authority on the question whether planning permission for development of any F6description which appears to the former not to relate to a county matter F4would have been granted if the land in question were not proposed to be acquired by any authority possessing compulsory purchase powers.

5

A district planning authority determining any such application shall consult with the county planning authority on the question whether planning permission for development of any F6description which appears to the former to relate to a county matter F4would have been granted if the land in question were not proposed to be acquired by any authority possessing compulsory purchase powers.

6

A county planning authority by whom a certificate is issued under section 17 of the M3Land Compensation Act 1961 shall notify the district planning authority of the terms of the certificate and the district planning authority by whom a certificate is so issued shall, if it F7identifies development relating to a county matter, notify the county planning authority of the terms of the certificate.

7

In this paragraph “county matter” has the meaning ascribed to it by F5paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.