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Displaying 446 - 450 of 782Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Hearings) Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 2141 of 2013).
These Rules regulate the procedure to be followed for hearings in England caused by the Secretary of State to be held before he or an inspector determines applications made in relation to planning 6 permission under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Section 62A, which was inserted into the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by the Growth and Infrastructure Act, 2013, provides for the designation of local planning authorities in accordance with criteria set by the Secretary of State.
Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 1492 of 1992).
These Regulations apply Parts III, VII and VIII of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 with modifications to: (a) land in which a local planning authority has any interest and in relation to which the authority exercises any of the functions of a local planning authority, and (b) the development of any land by a local planning authority exercising any of the functions of a local planning authority in relation to that land, whether the development is by the authority alone, or jointly with any other person, except in certain situations mentioned.
Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 1589 of 2011).
These Regulations amend, in relation to England, the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 by excluding from the working of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations interested planning authorities which are urban development corporations. Regulation 9 provides that where an interested planning authority grants itself planning permission for its own development, the permission enures only for the benefit of the authority or, in the case of joint development, the authority and the other person specified in the application for planning permission as the joint developer.
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Abolition of Conservation Area Consent) (Consequential and Saving Provisions) (England) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 2146 of 2013).
This Order amends secondary legislation as a consequence of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which abolishes the system of conservation area consent as it applies to buildings in conservation areas in England (and to provide that planning permission will instead be required). This Order makes consequential amendments to various Rules and Regulations concerning town and country planning procedures.
Electricity (Necessary Wayleaves and Felling and Lopping of Trees) (Hearing Procedures) (England and Wales) Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 1987 of 2013).
These Rules, which apply in relation to England and Wales, set out the written representations procedure or oral hearing procedure to be followed in respect of an application for a necessary wayleave or a reference for an order for the felling or lopping of trees or shrubs. The Secretary of State has power to grant a necessary wayleave to enable an electricity company to install and keep installed an electric line on, under or over any land in accordance with paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 4 to the Electricity Act 1989.