PART IITransfer of Functions to London Borough Councils, Metropolitan District Councils and Other Existing Authorities

Town and country planning etc.

3Local planning authorities

1

For section 1(1) of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (local planning authorities) there shall be substituted—

1

Subject to the provisions of this section—

a

in a non-metropolitan county, the council of the county is the county planning authority for the county and the council of a district is the district planning authority for the district;

b

the council of a metropolitan district is the local planning authority for the district; and

c

the council of a London borough is the local planning authority for the borough.

2

In section 1 (2A) of that Act (meaning of " local planning authority " except as respects Greater London) after the words "except as respects" there shall be inserted the words " a metropolitan county," .

3

For section 1(2B) of that Act (mineral planning authorities) there shall be substituted—

2B

In this Act' mineral planning authority' means—

a

in respect of a site in a non-metropolitan county, the county planning authority; and

b

in respect of a site in a metropolitan district or London borough, the local planning authority.

4

In section 92A(1) of that Act (registration of enforcement notices etc.) for the words " every council of a London borough " there shall be substituted the words " the council of every metropolitan district or London borough" .

5

In section 182(2) of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (which, with Schedule 16 to that Act, deals with the allocation of local planning authority functions in England exclusive of Greater London) after the words " " exclusive of " there shall be inserted the words " the metropolitan counties, " and in paragraphs 54(1) and 55(1) of that Schedule after the words " Elsewhere than in Greater London " there shall be inserted the words " , a metropolitan county " .