Section 105: Decisions in cases where no national policy statement has effect

Planning Act 2008 · 2008 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 6: Deciding applications for orders granting development consent — Chapter 5: Decisions on applications

This section applies in relation to an application for an order granting development consent if section 104 does not apply in relation to the application.

In deciding the application the Secretary of State must have regard to—

any local impact report (within the meaning given by section 60(3)) submitted to the Secretary of State before the deadline specified in a notice under section 60(2),
any matters prescribed in relation to development of the description to which the application relates, and
any other matters which the Secretary of State thinks are both important and relevant to the Secretary of State's decision.

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