SCHEDULE 7 Power to Decline to Determine Applications: Amendments

SCHEDULE 7 Power to Decline to Determine Applications: Amendments

Section 187

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8)

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TCPA 1990 is amended as follows.

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(1)     Section 70A (power of local planning authority to decline to determine subsequent application) is amended as follows.

(2)     At the end of subsection (4)(b) insert “or, if there has been such an appeal, it has been withdrawnâ€.

(3)     After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)     A local planning authority in England may also decline to determine a relevant application if—

(a)     the condition in subsection (4B) is satisfied, and

(b)     the authority think there has been no significant change in the relevant considerations since the relevant event.

(4B)     The condition is that—

(a)     in the period of two years ending with the date on which

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