The Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/702
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencment

This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 5th May 1987.

Section 2 Amendment of existing order

The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977 shall be amended by substituting for article 20 (appeals), the following–

(20)

(1) An applicant who desires to appeal to the Secretary of State under section 36 of the Act, or under that section as applied by section 37 or 53 of the Act, shall give notice of appeal to the Secretary of State, by completing a form obtained from him, within six months of the decision or determination giving rise to the appeal or of the expiry of the appropriate period allowed under article 7(6) or 7A (as the case may be) or such longer period as the Secretary of State may at any time allow.

(2) A notice of appeal shall be accompanied by a copy of such of the following documents as are relevant to the appeal–

(a) the application made to the local planning authority which has occasioned the appeal;

(b) all plans, drawings and documents sent to the authority in connection with the application;

(c) all correspondence with the authority relating to the application;

(d) any notice provided to the authority in accordance with section 26 of the Act;

(e) any certificate provided to the authority under section 26 or 27 of the Act;

(f) any other plans or drawings relating to the application which were not sent to the authority;

(g) the notice of the decision or determination, if any;

(h) if the appeal relates to an application for approval of reserved matters, the application for outline planning permission, the plans submitted with that application and the outline planning permission granted.

(3) An applicant shall send a copy of the notice of appeal, and of any such plans or drawings mentioned in paragraph 2(f) as accompany it, to the local planning authority on the same date as he gives notice to the Secretary of State.