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Section 42: Duty to consult

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

Part 5: Applications for orders granting development consent — Chapter 2: Pre-application procedure

The applicant must consult the following about the proposed application—

The areas are—

waters in or adjacent to England up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea;
an exclusive economic zone, except any part of an exclusive economic zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions;
a Renewable Energy Zone, except any part of a Renewable Energy Zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions;
an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964, except any part of that area which is within a part of an exclusive economic zone or Renewable Energy Zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions.

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