Local Government Act 1972

Part I E+W Discharge of Planning and Countryside Functions in National Parks

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 17 Pt. I extended by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69, SIF 4:5), s. 72(10)

Planning Boards and National Park Committees E+W

1 If immediately before the 1st April 1974 there is an existing joint planning board constituted by an order under section 1 of the M1 Town and Country Planning Act 1971 for a National Park comprised in two or more existing counties and as from that date the Park will be comprised in two or more new counties, the Secretary of State shall make an order reconstituting the existing board for discharging the functions to which this Part of this Schedule applies and [F1 section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] shall apply to a joint board so reconstituted and the order reconstituting it as it applies to a joint board constituted under that section and the order constituting it and shall so apply as if the area of the Park were a united district.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(a)

Marginal Citations

M1 1971 c. 78.

2 An order under the said section 1 constituting a new joint board for a united district consisting of the whole or part of a National Park and comprised in two or more new counties may confer on the board, in addition to the functions of a county planning authority under [F2 the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990], any other functions to which this Part of this Schedule applies.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(b)

3 If immediately before 1st April 1974 there is an existing joint planning board for a National Park comprised in two or more existing counties and on that date the Park will be wholly comprised in one new county, the Secretary of State shall by order reconstitute that board as a special planning board to discharge the functions to which this Part of this Schedule applies as respects the area of the Park, and any enactment relating to joint boards constituted by an order under [F3 section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] shall apply to a special planning board reconstituted under this Part of this Schedule and to the order reconstituting it as it applies to a joint planning board constituted under that section and to the order constituting it and shall so apply as if the area of the Park were a united district, but with the substitution of references to the council of a new county for any references to the constituent authorities.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(c)

Valid from 03/04/1995

[F4 3A (1) Where a National Park is wholly comprised in one planning area in Wales, the Secretary of State may by order constitute a special planning board to discharge, as respects the area of the Park, the functions to which this Part of this Schedule applies.

(2) Any enactment relating to joint planning boards constituted by an order under section 2 of the M2 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 shall apply in relation to a special planning board constituted under this paragraph as it applies in relation to a joint planning board constituted under subsection (1B) of that section, but as if—

(a) the area of the National Park were a united district; and

(b) any reference (however expressed) to the constituent councils of the joint board (or which is to be construed as such a reference) were a reference to the council of the principal area in question.]

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 17 para. 3A inserted (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 19(2) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 13, 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M2 1990 c. 8.

Valid from 03/04/1995

[F5 3B A board reconstituted under paragraph 3 above or constituted under paragraph 3A above shall be known as “a special planning board”.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 17 para. 3B inserted (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 19(2) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 13, 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 4(1), Sch. 2

4 The Secretary of State may by an order under paragraph 1 or 3 above, or by an order under the said [F6 section 2] relating to a united district consisting of the whole or part of a National Park, or by an order under this paragraph, confer on a joint or special planning board for a National Park or any part of a National Park any of the additional countryside functions as respects the Park or, as the case may be, any part of it.

Textual Amendments

F6 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(d)

5 For every National Park for which there is no joint planning board or special planning board the council or councils of the [F7 planning areas] in which the Park is comprised shall make arrangements for the discharge of the following functions of theirs as respects the Park by a separate committee to be known as a National Park Committee, that is to say—

(a) their functions to which this Part of this Schedule applies except those mentioned in paragraph 6 below; and

(b) their functions as local authority under the 1949 Act and the 1968 Act.

Textual Amendments

F7 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(2)

6 The functions of a council or councils excepted from the requirement imposed by paragraph 5 above are—

(a) their functions under Part II of [F8 the Town and Country Planning Act 1990];

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(c) their functions under Part III and, so far as relating to planning control under Part III, [F10 Part VII] of that Act with respect to the carrying out of any operations in, on, over or under land, or any use of land, partly situated in the National Park and partly in some other area, where those functions so far as relating to any such operations or use are exercisable by the local planning authority for that other area.

Textual Amendments

F8 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(e)

F9 Sch. 17 para. 6(b) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. X

F10 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(e)

7 The validity of anything done or purporting to have been done by a National Park Committee in pursuance of arrangements made by virtue of paragraph 5 above shall not be called in question in any legal proceedings, or in any proceedings under [F11 the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] which are not legal proceedings, on the ground that it ought to have been done by the authority or one of the authorities by whom the arrangements were made.

Textual Amendments

F11 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(f)

8 The National Park Committee for a Park comprised in two or more [F12 planning areas] shall be appointed by the council of such of [F13 those areas] as may be agreed between the councils of those counties or, in default of agreement, jointly by both or all those councils, and, where it is appointed by one of those councils, the expenses incurred by the Committee shall be defrayed by both or all those councils in such proportions as they may agree or as in default of agreement may be determined by the Secretary of State.

Textual Amendments

F12 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(a)

F13 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(b)

9 A National Park Committee may arrange with a district planning authority whose area comprises any part of the Park for the authority to discharge as respects a part of the Park within their area such of the functions exercisable by the Committee by virtue of paragraph 5 above as may be agreed between the Committee and the Countryside Commission or as in default of agreement may be determined by the Secretary of State.

10 Where a joint planning board, special planning board or National Park Committee is required to be established by being reconstituted or appointed under this Part of this Schedule for any area being or comprised in a National Park, the requirement shall be deemed to be complied with in any case approved by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Countryside Commission if the board or Committee is established for that area together with other land.

11 Not less than one third [F14 (to the nearest whole number)] of the members of a joint planning board, special planning board or National Park Committee established for an area being or comprising the whole or any part of a National Park shall be persons appointed by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Countryside Commission:

Provided that if in any particular case the Secretary of State, with the agreement of the Commission, so determines, this paragraph shall have effect as if for the words “one third” there were substituted the words “one quarter”.

Textual Amendments

F14 Words inserted by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69, SIF 4:5), ss. 46(1), 74(3)

12 The persons appointed in pursuance of paragraph 11 above shall hold office for such period not being less than one year nor more than three years as the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Countryside Commission, determine and shall be eligible for reappointment.

[F15 12A (1) The members of a joint planning board, special planning board or National Park Committee established for an area being or comprising the whole or any part of a National Park shall include members (in this paragraph referred to as “district council members”) who are appointed by [F16 councils of non-metropolitan districts which] comprise any part of that Park (in this paragraph referred to as “relevant district councils”).

(2) The number of district council members of such a board or Committee shall be equal to—

(a) the number of relevant district councils; or

(b) one seventh (to the nearest whole number) of the members of the board or Committee,

whichever is the less; and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph any casual vacancy in the membership of the board or Committee shall be disregarded.

(3) The district council members shall be appointed by such of the relevant district councils as may be agreed between those councils or as in default of agreement may be determined by the Secretary of State.

(4) The district council members shall hold office for a period of one year and shall be eligible for reappointment; and section 102(5) above shall apply in relation to a district council member appointed under this paragraph as it applies in relation to a member of a committee appointed under that section.]

Textual Amendments

F15 Sch. 17 para. 12A inserted by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69, SIF 4:5), ss. 46(2), 74(3)

F16 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Sch. 17 Pt. I para. 12A excluded (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/187, artS. 1(1), 3(2), Sch. para. 2(a)

13 Section 101 above shall, in its application to the discharge as respects a National Park of any functions to which this Part of this Schedule applies and any additional countryside functions, have effect subject to the following modifications:—

(a) a local planning authority shall not make arrangements for the discharge of any such functions as respects a National Park or land in a National Park by some other local authority without consulting the Countryside Commission;

(b) section 101 shall not authorise a [F17 county or metropolitan district council] to make arrangements for the discharge of any functions which by virtue of paragraph 5 above are required to be discharged by a National Park Committee except in accordance with that paragraph;

(c) section 101(4) shall not apply in relation to arrangements made by the [F17 county or metropolitan district council] by virtue of paragraph 5 for the discharge of any functions by a National Park Committee.

Textual Amendments

F17 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(5)

14 In the case of a National Park Committee for a National Park wholly comprised in [F18 one planning area] the members of the Committee shall ([F19 subject to paragraphs 11 and 12A above]) be appointed by, and the majority of those members shall be members of, the council of [F20 the area], and in the case of a National Park Committee for a National Park comprised in [F21 two or more planning areas] the members of the Committee shall (subject as aforesaid) be appointed by such of the councils of [F21 those areas] as may be agreed between those councils or as in default of agreement may be determined by the Secretary of State and a majority of the members of the Committee shall be members of those councils, and—

(a) so much of section 102(3) above as regulates the proportion of members of a committee shall not apply to a National Park Committee; and

(b) section 102(5) shall apply to a member of a National Park Committee appointed under this paragraph as being a member of a [F22 county or metropolitan district council] as it applies in relation to a member of a committee appointed under that section who was at the time of his appointment a member of the appointing authority or one of the appointing authorities.

Textual Amendments

F18 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(6)(a)

F19 Words substituted by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69, SIF 4:5), ss. 46(3), 74(3)

F20 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(6)(a)

F21 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(6)(b)

F22 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(6)(c)

National Park Officer E+W

15 Every joint planning board, special planning board or National Park Committee established for a National Park shall after consultation with the Countryside Commission appoint an officer, to be known as a National Park Officer, for the purposes of the functions exercisable by them as respects the Park by virtue of [F23 section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] or this Part of this Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F23 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(g)

16 A National Park Officer appointed by a National Park Committee shall be an officer of [F24 the council of the planning area] by whom the Committee was established or, if it was established by two or more such councils, such one of them as they may agree or as, in default of agreement, may be determined by the Secretary of State.

Textual Amendments

F24 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(7)

17 A National Park Officer appointed by a joint board or special planning board or a National Park Committee shall not be employed for any purpose other than one mentioned in paragraph 15 above, except after consultation between the authority by whom he is employed and the Countryside Commission and, in the case of a National Park Officer appointed by a National Park Committee, except with the Committee’s consent.

National Parks Plans E+W

18 Every joint planning board, special planning board or National Park Committee established for a National Park shall—

(a) within three years of 1st April 1974 or of being established, whichever is the later, prepare and publish a plan to be known as a National Park Plan formulating their policy for the management of the Park and for the exercise of the functions exercisable by them as respects the Park; and

(b) review at intervals of not more than five years a National Park Plan published under this paragraph, making any amendments to it which they consider expedient, and publish a report on their review and any such amendments.

19 Every such board or committee established for a National Park shall in preparing or reviewing a National Park Plan send a copy of the proposed plan or review to the Countryside Commission and to any district planning authority whose area is wholly or partly comprised in the Park and take into consideration any observations of the Commission or any such authority thereon and shall send the Secretary of State a copy of a National Park Plan published under paragraph 18 above and of the report on any review or amendments so published.

Interpretation E+W

20 The functions to which this Part of this Schedule applies are all functions of a county council or district council as local planning authority under the 1949 Act, the 1968 Act [F25 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990] and any enactment amending any of those Acts.

Textual Amendments

F25 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 28(6)(h)

21 In this Part of this Schedule “additional countryside functions” means functions other than those mentioned in paragraph 20 above, which, in the opinion of the council or councils concerned, or where the functions are ones which may be conferred by an order or determination of a Minister, of that Minister, relate to the countryside and are appropriate for reference to a board or committee concerned with matters relating to the countryside.

[F26 21A In this Part of this Schedule “planning area” means a metropolitan district or a non-metropolitan county.]

Textual Amendments

F26 Sch. 17 para. 21A inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(8)

Valid from 01/04/1991

Construction of References to the Countryside Commission E+W

21B In this Part of this Schedule, references to the Countryside Commission shall, in relation to a National Park in Wales, be construed as references to the Countryside Council for Wales.