Section 79: Reference to Minister of application for approval under outline planning permission.

Town and Country Planning Act 1968 · 1968 c.72

Part VI: Miscellaneous Changes in Planning Law

79

The power of the Minister to give directions under section 22 of the principal Act, requiring applications for planning permission to be referred to him instead of being dealt with by the local planning authority, shall be exercisable also in relation to applications for any approval of an authority required under a development order, and references to applications in subsections (2), (3), (5) and (6) of that section shall be construed accordingly.

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