The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017
This Order, which applies in England only, makes provisions in relation to permission in principle. In particular it amends the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/402)(“the 2017 Order”) to allow local planning authorities to grant permission in principle for development the main purpose of which is housing development on an application to the authority in accordance with provisions inserted into that Order by this instrument. Permission in principle and its effect are described in sections 58A, 59A and 70(2ZZA) to (2ZZC) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) (those sections were inserted by section 150 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22)).
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Made
19 Dec 2017
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In force
01 Jun 2018
Enabling power
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 59, 59A, 61(1), 61W, 62, 65, 69, 70(2ZZC), 71, 74(1), 77(4), 78, 79(4), 96A, 99(2), 293A and 316 of, and paragraphs 7(7), 8(6) and 8A(3) of Schedule 1 to, the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 54 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004and section 213 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, makes the following Order.
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