The Town and Country Planning (Northwood Headquarters) Special Development Order 2025

Subsequent approvals

6.—(1) A relevant instrument or change has effect for the purposes of a relevant approval notice or an approval condition if, and to the extent that—

(a) the Defence Secretary has made a written application to the Secretary of State requesting subsequent approval of it (a “subsequent approval application”), and

(b) the Secretary of State, having received and considered the subsequent approval application, has given the Defence Secretary a written notice under this article, specifying the relevant instrument or change and stating that the Secretary of State gives subsequent approval in respect of it (a “subsequent approval notice”).

(2) The Secretary of State must not give a subsequent approval notice unless the Secretary of State has determined that the giving of subsequent approval will not result in the carrying out of relevant development that—

(a) has a likely significant effect on the integrity of any European site, either alone or in combination with other plans or projects, or

(b) is not capable of being carried out in accordance with the Schedule 1 conditions.

(3) A subsequent approval application—

(a) that requests subsequent approval of a new document, must include the new document;

(b) that requests subsequent approval of a document that embodies an amendment or replacement of an approved document, must include—

(i) the relevant approval notice or approval condition that first referred to that approved document, or to an earlier version of it;

(ii) details of any subsequent approval notice that has previously been given in respect of that approved document;

(iii) details of how the Defence Secretary proposes to amend or replace the approved document, and the reasons for the proposed amendment or replacement;

(iv) a version of the approved document, incorporating the amendment or replacement of it for which the Defence Secretary requests approval;

(c) that requests subsequent approval of a document that embodies a variation or replacement of an approval condition, or of the removal of such a condition, must specify or include—

(i) the document that first specified that condition or an earlier version of it;

(ii) details of any subsequent approval notice that has previously been given in respect of that condition;

(iii) details of how the Defence Secretary proposes to vary, remove or replace the condition, and the reasons for the proposed variation, removal or replacement;

(iv) where the request is for approval of a variation or replacement of an approval condition, a version of the approval condition, incorporating the variation or replacement of it for which the Defence Secretary requests approval.

(4) A subsequent approval notice—

(a) has effect from the date on which it is given, or such other date as it may specify;

(b) must specify—

(i) the relevant instrument or change, subsequent approval of which is given in the notice;

(ii) the effect that the notice has on any document within paragraph (3)(b)(i) or (c)(i);

(iii) any conditions subject to which subsequent approval is given.