Statutory Instruments
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
10th July 1996
Laid before Parliament
15th July 1996
Coming into force
5th August 1996
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 59, 61(1), 74(1) and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1) and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 5th August 1996.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1995 Order” means the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995(2).
2.—(1) In the table in Article 10(1) of the 1995 Order (consultation before the grant of planning permission), after paragraph (y) insert—
“(z)Development which: (i)is likely to prejudice the use, or lead to the loss of use, of land being used as a playing field; or (ii)is on land which has been: (aa)used as a playing field at any time in the 5 years before the making of the relevant application and which remains undeveloped; or (bb)allocated for use as a playing field in a development plan or in proposals for such a plan or its alteration or replacement; or (iii)involves the replacement of the grass surface of a playing pitch on a playing field with an artificial, man-made or composite surface | In England, the Sports Council for England; in Wales, the Sports Council for Wales” |
3. In article 10(2) of the 1995 Order—
(a)at the end of paragraph (j), delete “and”;
(b)after paragraph (k) insert—
“; and
in paragraph (z)—
“playing field” means the whole of a site which encompasses at least one playing pitch;
“playing pitch” means a delineated area which, together with any run-off area, is of 0.4 hectares or more, and which is used for association football, American football, rugby, cricket, hockey, lacrosse, rounders, baseball, softball, Australian football, Gaelic football, shinty, hurling, polo or cycle polo.”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Robert Jones
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
8th July 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
10th July 1996
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995. It introduces a requirement to consult, in England, the Sports Council for England and in Wales, the Sports Council for Wales, before the grant of planning permission for development which may have a detrimental effect on the provision of playing fields.