The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023

• Citation: S.I. 2023/142
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, extent and application

(1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 and comes into force on 1st June 2023.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

(3) This Order applies in relation to England only.

(4) The provisions in this Order apply in relation to applications for planning permission made on or after 1st June 2023.

Section 2 Amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015

In Schedule 4 (Consultations before the grant of permission) to the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 —

(a) in the table after paragraph (zg) insert—

Development falling within any of the following descriptions—

(i) the development includes 150 dwellings or more;

(ii) development for the provision of a building or buildings, where the use is not exclusively for the provision of dwellings, and where the floor space to be created by the development is 7,500 square metres or more; or

(iii) the overall area of the development is 5 hectares or more.

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(b) In paragraph l of the Interpretation of Table, after sub-paragraph (l) insert—

(m) in paragraph (zh) “dwellings” include a house, building containing one or more flats, or a flat contained within such a building.