Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Cross Heading: Service of notices is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
15(1)Any notice or other document required or authorised to be served under this Schedule may be served on any person either by delivering it to him, or by leaving it at his proper address or by post.E+W
(2)Any such document required or authorised to be served upon an incorporated company or body shall be duly served if it is served upon the secretary or clerk of the company or body.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph and of section 7 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978, the proper address of any person upon whom any such document is to be served is—
(a)in the case of the secretary or clerk of any incorporated company or body, that of the registered or principal office of the company or body, and
(b)in any other case, the last known address of the person to be served.
(4)If it is not practicable after reasonable enquiry to ascertain the name or address of an owner or occupier of land on whom any such document is to be served, the document may be served by addressing it to him by the description of “owner” or “occupier” of the premises (describing them) to which it relates, and by delivering it to some person on the premises or, if there is no person on the premises to whom it can be delivered, by affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous part of the premises.
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