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Section 85: Decisions made by the Council on the application

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

Part 6: Deciding applications for orders granting development consent — Chapter 3: The single-appointed-person procedure

This section applies to decisions made by the Council in deciding the application.

At least five members of the Council must participate in making a decision.

The making of a decision requires the agreement of a majority of the members of the Council who are participating in making it.

The person chairing the Council has a second (or casting) vote in the event that the number of members of the Council agreeing to a proposed decision is the same as the number of members not so agreeing.

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