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Displaying 76 - 80 of 782Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) Order 1998 (S.I. 462 of 1998).
This Order amends Parts 1, 24 and 25 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. Those Parts confer permitted development rights in respect of certain telecommunications development, including the erection of satellite antennas. Where such rights apply, no specific application for planning permission is needed.
Amends: Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (S.I. 418 of 1995). (1995-02-22)
Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 1459 (N.I. 10) of 2006).
This Order sets out certain obligations of landlords and tenants in their relationship regarding private tenancies. It also empowers district councils to issue notices of unfitness and notices of disrepair in respect of dwelling-houses let under private tenancies and to issue certificates of fitness to be issued in respect of certain dwelling-houses. Rent officers or a rent assessment committee may determine a rent limit in respect of tenancies which are subject to control.
Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2011 (S.S.I. No. 379 of 2011).
These Rules amend the Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 1997 and the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Appointed Person) (Inquiries Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 1997 by providing that those Rules do not apply to inquiries held in connection with the consideration of applications or appeals under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 whose procedure is regulated by the Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2008.
Town and Country Planning (Enforcement of Control) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 2086 (S.214) of 1992).
These Regulations make provision with respect to measures of enforcement for purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972. It concerns, among other things: contents of enforcement notices; appeals against enforcement notices; and registration of (matters relating to) certain enforcement notices.
Town and Country Planning (Enforcement of Control) (No. 2) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 383 of 2011).
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement of Control) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 to remove provisions relating to the submission of statements in appeals against listed building enforcement notices and conservation area enforcement notices. They also make savings provisions in relation to appeals made under section 35 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.