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(1)Where—
(a)an application for planning permission to develop land to which this subsection applies is made by statutory undertakers and is referred to the Secretary of State under Part III; or
(b)an appeal is made to the Secretary of State under that Part from the decision on such an application; or
(c)such an application is deemed to be made under subsection (5) of section 177 on an appeal under section 174 by statutory undertakers,
the application or appeal shall be dealt with by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister.
(2)Subsection (1) applies—
(a)to operational land; and
(b)to land in which the statutory undertakers hold or propose to acquire an interest with a view to its being used for the purpose of carrying on their undertaking, where the planning permission, if granted on the application or appeal, would be for development involving the use of the land for that purpose.
F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)Subject to the provisions of this Part as to compensation, the provisions of this Act shall apply to an application which is dealt with under this section by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister as if it had been dealt with by the Secretary of State.
(5)Subsection (2)(b) shall have effect in relation to the Civil Aviation Authority as if for the reference to development involving the use of land for the purpose of carrying on the Civil Aviation Authority’s undertaking there were substituted a reference to development involving the use of land for such of the purposes of carrying on that undertaking as may be prescribed by the appropriate Minister.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 266(3) repealed (27.7.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), ss. 32, 84(6), Sch. 7 para. 40, Sch. 19 Pt. I (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1992/1630, art. 2, Schs. 1, 2 (with art. 3(1))
Notwithstanding anything in Part III, planning permission to develop operational land of statutory undertakers shall not, except with their consent, be granted subject to conditions requiring—
(a)that any buildings or works authorised by the permission shall be removed, or
(b)that any use of the land so authorised shall be discontinued,
at the end of a specified period.
(1)The Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister shall not be required under section 266(1) to deal with an application for planning permission for the development of operational land if the authorisation of a government department is required in respect of that development.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply where the relevant authorisation has been granted without any direction as to the grant of planning permission.
(3)For the purposes of this section development shall be taken to be authorised by a government department if—
(a)any consent, authority or approval to or for the development is granted by the department in pursuance of an enactment;
(b)a compulsory purchase order is confirmed by the department authorising the purchase of land for the purpose of the development;
(c)consent is granted by the department to the appropriation of land for the purpose of the development or the acquisition of land by agreement for that purpose;
(d)authority is given by the department for the borrowing of money for the purpose of the development, or for the application for that purpose of any money not otherwise so applicable; or
(e)any undertaking is given by the department to pay a grant in respect of the development in accordance with an enactment authorising the payment of such grants,
and references in this section to the authorisation of a government department shall be construed accordingly.
In relation to any planning permission granted on the application of statutory undertakers for the development of operational land, the provisions of Part III with respect to the revocation and modification of planning permission shall have effect as if for any reference in them to the Secretary of State there were substituted a reference to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister.
The provisions of Part III with respect to the making of orders—
(a)requiring the discontinuance of any use of land;
(b)imposing conditions on the continuance of it; or
(c)requiring buildings or works on land to be altered or removed,
and the provisions of Schedule 9 with respect to the making of orders under that Schedule shall have effect in relation to operational land of statutory undertakers as if for any reference in them to the Secretary of State there were substituted a reference to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister.
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