The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2014/2381

2014No. 2381

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

4thSeptember2014

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The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 37(3) and 232(3) of the Planning Act 2008( 1), makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st October 2014.

Amendment of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009

2. (1) The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009( 2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5-

(a) in paragraph (3), omit the words in brackets; and(b) after paragraph (4), insert-"(4A) Subject to paragraph (4B), any plans, drawings or sections required to be provided under paragraph (2) must be provided at a scale not smaller than 1:2500.(4B) Paragraph (4A) does not apply to a plan or to a sheet of a plan where the matters shown or identified on the plan or sheet are entirely in the UK marine area.(4C) In paragraph (4B), "UK marine area" has the same meaning as in the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009( 3)."

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Brandon Lewis

Minister of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

4th September 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 to remove a requirement relating to the plans that must accompany an application for development consent under the Planning Act 2008. In particular, these Regulations remove the minimum scale requirement for plans that show offshore matters.

An impact assessment has been carried out and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum and is available alongside the instrument on the website www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1) 2008 c.29. See section 235(1) for the meaning of "prescribed".

(2) S.I. 2009/2264, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3) 2009 c. 23.

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