Part VII Enforcement
F1 Certificate of lawful use or development
F2193 Certificates under sections 191 and 192: supplementary provisions.
(1)
An application for a certificate under section 191 or 192 shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed by a development order and shall include such particulars, and be verified by such evidence, as may be required by such an order or by any directions given under such an order or by the local planning authority.
(2)
Provision may be made by a development order for regulating the manner in which applications for certificates under those sections are to be dealt with by local planning authorities.
(3)
In particular, such an order may provide for requiring the authority—
(a)
to give to any applicant within such time as may be prescribed by the order such notice as may be so prescribed as to the manner in which his application has been dealt with; and
(b)
to give to the Secretary of State and to such other persons as may be prescribed by or under the order, such information as may be so prescribed with respect to such applications made to the authority, including information as to the manner in which any application has been dealt with.
(4)
A certificate under either of those sections may be issued—
(a)
for the whole or part of the land specified in the application; and
(b)
where the application specifies two or more uses, operations or other matters, for all of them or some one or more of them;
and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by a development order.
(5)
A certificate under section 191 or 192 shall not affect any matter constituting a failure to comply with any condition or limitation subject to which planning permission has been granted unless that matter is described in the certificate.
(6)
In section 69 references to applications for planning permission shall include references to applications for certificates under section 191 or 192.
(7)
A local planning authority may revoke a certificate under either of those sections if, on the application for the certificate—
(a)
a statement was made or document used which was false in a material particular; or
(b)
any material information was withheld.
(8)
Provision may be made by a development order for regulating the manner in which certificates may be revoked and the notice to be given of such revocation.