Time periods for decision

7.  Article 23 of the 1988 Order (time periods for decision) is amended as follows—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1) insert the words “Subject to paragraph (5),”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(b) after “by the Act” insert “or this Order”;

(c) at the end insert—

“(5) Subject to paragraph (6), a local planning authority shall not determine an application for planning permission, where any notice of the application has been—

(a) given by site display under article 12 or 12B, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was first displayed by site display;

(b) served on—

(i) an owner of the land or a tenant of an agricultural holding under article 12, or

(ii) an adjoining owner or occupier under article 12B,

• before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was served on that person;

(c) given by local advertisement under article 12 or 12B, before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the notice was published,

and the periods in this paragraph are periods prescribed for the purposes of section 71(1) of the Act.

(6) Where, under paragraph (5), more than one of the prescribed periods applies, the local planning authority shall not determine the application before the end of the later or latest of such periods.”.