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Displaying 441 - 445 of 782Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 1982 of 1992).
These Regulations amend, in relation to England, the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, by stipulating that a grant of planning permission for development which falls within regulation 3 of those Regulations (other than development of any land by an interested planning authority or by an interested planning authority jointly with another person specified in the planning application) is attached to the land and shall be for the benefit of all persons for the time being interested in it.
Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 2008 of 1998).
These Regulations amend, in relation to England and Wales, the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, by excluding from the ambit of regulation 9 those planning authorities which are the sole local authority for their area, so that they may grant themselves permission which enures for the benefit of the land. Regulation 9 (effect of planning permission) of the principal Regulations provides an exception to the rule that planning permission enures for the benefit of the land.
Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 2145 of 2013).
These Regulations amend, in relation to England, the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, by making provision for the Secretary of State to determine applications for planning permission made by an interested local planning authority for the development of land which relates solely to the demolition of an unlisted building in a conservation area and provide for the procedure to be followed on such applications.
Amends: Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 1492 of 1992). (1992-06-24)
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 (Section 62A Applications) (Written Representations and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 2142 of 2013).
The Regulations concern relevant planning permission applications which based on written representations in accordance with section 62A and 319A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Those sections were inserted into the that Act by the Growth and Infrastructure Act, 2013. Section 62A provides for the designation of local planning authorities in accordance with criteria set by the Secretary of State. A new definition of " major developments" for purposes of these Regulations also includes waste development and minerals development.