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This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 ("the 1995 Order") in consequence of provisions in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. It also makes certain other minor amendments, i.e. (a) Article 3 and the Schedule of this amending Order insert into the 1995 Order, where appropriate, references to section 76A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (major infrastructure projects) and prescribes the content and form of the economic impact report required by that section; (b) Articles 4, 7 and 8 amend articles 10, 12 and 13 of the 1995 Order respectively and extend the consultation period which must elapse before an application can be determined from 14 to 21 days; (c) Article 5 substitutes article 11 of the 1995 Order and prescribes 21 days, for the purposes of paragraph 7(7)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as the period which must elapse before an application can be determined; (d) Article 6 inserts new articles 11A and 11B into the 1995 Order.The new articles prescribe the requirements to consult to which the duty to respond to consultation in section 54 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 is to apply, prescribe 21 days as the period within which the consultee must give a substantive response to consultation, prescribe the information required to be provided to consultees and prescribe what constitutes a "substantive response". They also prescribe the content of annual reports to the Secretary of State on consultees' performance. Article 9 makes minor amendments to Schedule 1 to the 1995 Order
Amends: Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 (S.I. 419 of 1995). (1995-02-22)
