Section 60: Local impact reports

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

Subsection (2) applies where the Secretary of State —

has accepted an application for an order granting development consent, and
has received—
a certificate under section 58(2) in relation to the application, and
where section 59 applies, a notice under that section in relation to the application.

The Secretary of State must give notice in writing to each of the following, inviting them to submit a local impact report to the Secretary of State —

each local authority that is within section 56A, and
the Greater London Authority if the land to which the application relates, or any part of it, is in Greater London.

A "local impact report" is a report in writing giving details of the likely impact of the proposed development on the authority's area (or any part of that area).

"The proposed development" is the development for which the application seeks development consent.

A notice under subsection (2) must specify the deadline for receipt by the Secretary of State of the local impact report.

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