Version Superseded: 25/11/1991
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Section 192 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.
(1)Subject to subsection (3), where a person having an interest in land claims that a particular use of it has become established, he may apply to the local planning authority for a certificate to that effect.
(2)Such a certificate is in this Act referred to as an “established use certificate”.
(3)No application may be made under subsection (1)—
(a)in respect of the use of land as a single dwellinghouse, or
(b)in respect of any use not subsisting at the time of the application.
(4)An established use certificate shall, as respects any matters stated in it, be conclusive for the purposes of an appeal to the Secretary of State against an enforcement notice a copy of which has been served in respect of any land to which the certificate relates, if the copy of the notice is served after the date of the application on which the certificate was granted.
(5)The Secretary of State may give directions requiring applications for established use certificates to be referred to him instead of being dealt with by local planning authorities.
(6)In section 69 references to applications for planning permission shall include references to applications for established use certificates.
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