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Section 56A: Local authorities for the purposes of sections 56(2)(b) and 60(2)(a)

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

Part 6: Deciding applications for orders granting development consent — Chapter 1: Handling of application by Commission

A local authority is within this section if the land is in the authority's area.

A local authority ("A") is within this section if—

the land is in the area of another local authority ("B"),
B is a unitary council or a lower-tier district council, and
any part of the boundary of A's area is also a part of the boundary of B's area.

If the land is in the area of an upper-tier county council ("C"), a local authority ("D") is within this section if—

D is not a lower-tier district council, and
any part of the boundary of D's area is also part of the boundary of C's area.

In this section—

  • "the land" means the land to which the application concerned relates or any part of that land;

  • "local authority" has the meaning given in section 102(8);

  • "lower-tier district council" means a district council in England for an area for which there is a county council;

  • "unitary council" means a local authority that is not an upper-tier county council, a lower-tier district council, a National Park authority or the Broads Authority;

  • "upper-tier county council" means a county council in England for each part of whose area there is a district council.

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