Town and Country Planning Act 1990

87 Exclusion of certain descriptions of land or development. E+W

(1) The following descriptions of land may not be included in a simplified planning zone—

(a) land in a National Park;

(b) land in a conservation area;

(c) land within the Broads;

(d) land in an area designated under [F1 section 82 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000] as an area of outstanding natural beauty;

(e) land identified in the development plan for the district as part of a green belt;

[F2 (f) land within a site of special scientific interest (within the meaning of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981).]

(2) Where land included in a simplified planning zone becomes land of a description mentioned in subsection (1), that subsection does not operate to exclude it from the zone.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order provide that no simplified planning zone scheme shall have effect to grant planning permission—

(a) in relation to an area of land specified in the order or to areas of land of a description so specified, or

(b) for development of a description specified in the order.

(4) An order under subsection (3) has effect to withdraw such planning permission under a simplified planning zone scheme already in force with effect from the date on which the order comes into force, except in a case where the development authorised by the permission has been begun.

[F3 (5) A simplified planning zone scheme does not have effect to grant planning permission for the development of land in Wales, where the development is of national significance for the purposes of section 62D.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 87(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 37, s. 93, Sch. 15 Pt. I para. 10; S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(2)(e)

F2 S. 87(1)(f) substituted (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 76(1), 103(2), Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 7

F3 S. 87(5) inserted (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 for specified purposes) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 4 para. 8; S.I. 2016/52, art. 3(e)