The Town and Country Planning (Crown Land Applications) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2683
• Sections: 8

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Crown Land Applications) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 26th November 1992.

(2) In these Regulations—

“ the Act ” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

“ the Order ” means the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988 .

Section 2

The Act and the Order shall, in their application, by virtue of section 299(2) of the Act , to the making and determination of applications in respect of Crown land for planning permission or for a certificate under section 192 of the Act , have effect subject to the modifications specified in the Schedule.

Section 3

The appropriate authority shall, as soon as practicable after disposing of, or disposing of an interest in, any Crown land in respect of which planning permission has been granted or a certificate issued under section 192(2) of the Act on an application made by virtue of section 299(2) of the Act, give notice of the disposal in writing to the local planning authority to whom the application was made.

Section 4

The Town and Country Planning (Crown Land Applications) Regulations 1984 are hereby revoked.

Section 1 The Act

In section 72(1)(a) of the Act, for “any land under the control of the applicant (whether or not it is land in respect of which the application was made)” substitute “the land in respect of which the application was made”.

Section 2 The Order

Before article 10 of the Order insert–

(9A) Where an application for planning permission is made in respect of Crown land by virtue of section 299(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, it shall be accompanied by—

(a) a statement that the application is made, by virtue of section 299(2) of that Act, in respect of Crown land; and

(b) where the application is made by a person authorised in writing by the appropriate authority, a copy of that authorisation.

Section 3 The Order

In article 12 of the Order, after paragraph (6) insert—

(7) For the purpose of this article and the certificates required by article 12A , where an application for planning permission is made by virtue of section 299(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the applicant shall be treated as an owner of the land and no account shall be taken of any Crown interest or Duchy interest in the land or in a mineral in the land.

Section 4 The Order

In article 26A of the Order, after paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) Where an application for a certificate under section 192(1) of the 1990 Act is made in respect of Crown land by virtue of section 299(2) of that Act, it shall, in addition to the documents required by paragraph (2), be accompanied by—

(a) a statement that the application is made, by virtue of section 299(2) of the 1990 Act, in respect of Crown land; and

(b) where the application is made by a person authorised in writing by the appropriate authority, a copy of that authorisation.