The Planning (Application to the Houses of Parliament) Order 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/1469
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Planning (Application to the Houses of Parliament) Order 2006 and shall come into force the day after that on which it is made.

(2) For the purposes of article 2 a licence shall not be regarded as an interest in land.

Section 2 Definition of Crown interest

(1) The interests in paragraph (2) are specified for the purposes of —

(a) the definition of Crown interest in section 293(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

(b) section 82C(3) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (definition of Crown interest);

(c) the definition of Crown interest in section 31(3) of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990.

(2) The interests referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) the interest of the Speaker of the House of Lords in those parts of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts occupied on 23 March 1965 by or on behalf of the House of Lords;

(b) the interest of the Speaker of the House of Commons in those parts of that Palace and its precincts occupied on that date by or on behalf of the House of Commons;

(c) the interest in any land of—

(i) the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;

(ii) the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or

(iii) those two Corporate Officers acting jointly.

Section 3 Appropriate authority

For the purposes of Part 13 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (application of Act to Crown land), Part 3 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and section 31 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990, the “appropriate authority” in relation to the land described—

(a) in article 2(2)(a) or (c)(i), is the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;

(b) in article 2(2)(b) or (c)(ii), is the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; and

(c) in article 2(2)(c)(iii), is those two Corporate Officers acting jointly.