Section 62: Applications for planning permission or permission in principle., Town and Country Planning Act 1990

A development order may make provision as to applications for planning permission or permission in principle made to a local planning authority.

Provision referred to in subsection (1) includes provision as to—

the form and manner in which the application must be made;

particulars of such matters as are to be included in the application;

documents or other materials as are to accompany the application.

In subsections (1) and (2) references to applications for planning permission include references to —

applications for any consent, agreement or approval required by a condition under section 61C(1)(b),

applications for consent, agreement or approval as mentioned in section 61DB(2), and

applications for approval under section 61L(2) , and

applications for consent, agreement or approval where that consent, agreement or approval is required by a condition or limitation imposed under section 61QI(1).

The local planning authority may require that an application for planning permission must include—

such particulars as they think necessary;

such evidence in support of anything in or relating to the application as they think necessary.

But a requirement under subsection (3) must not be inconsistent with provision made under subsection (1).

Also, a requirement under subsection (3) in respect of an application ...—

must be reasonable having regard, in particular, to the nature and scale of the proposed development; and

may require particulars of, or evidence about, a matter only if it is reasonable to think that the matter will be a material consideration in the determination of the application.

A development order must require that an application for planning permission of such description as is specified in the order must be accompanied by such of the following as is so specified—

a statement about the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the development;

a statement about how issues relating to access to the development have been dealt with.

The form and content of a statement mentioned in subsection (5) is such as is required by the development order.

In subsection (8) "a relevant application" means the application for planning permission or permission in principle in a case where a person—

has been required by section 61W(1) to carry out consultation on a proposed application for planning permission or permission in principle, and

is going ahead with making an application for planning permission or permission in principle (whether or not in the same terms as the proposed application).

A development order must require that a relevant application be accompanied by particulars of—

how the person complied with section 61W(1),

any responses to the consultation that were received by the person, and

the account taken of those responses.

In subsection (10), a "relevant Welsh application" means an application for planning permission, in a case where a person—

has been required by section 61Z to carry out consultation on a proposed application for planning permission for the development of land, and

is going ahead with making an application for planning permission for the development (whether or not in the same terms as the proposed application).

A development order must require a relevant Welsh application to be accompanied by a report (the "pre-application consultation report") giving particulars of—

how the applicant complied with section 61Z;

any responses to the consultation received from persons consulted under section 61Z(3) or (4);

the account taken of those responses.

A development order may make provision about the form and content of the pre-application consultation report.

Section 62: Applications for planning permission or permission in principle.

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