Town and Country Planning Act 1971

Provisions with respect to grant of certificate

4 An established use certificate shall be in such form as may be prescribed by a development order and shall specify—

(a) the land to which the certificate relates and any use thereof which is certified by the certificate as established;

(b) by reference to the paragraphs of section 94(1) of this Act, the grounds on which that use is so certified; and

(c) the date on which the application for the certificate was made, which shall be the date at which the use is certified as established.

5 Where the Secretary of State grants an established use certificate, he shall give notice to the local planning authority of that fact.

6 In section 34 of this Act references to applications for planning permission shall, include references to applications for established use certificates ; and the information which may be prescribed as being required to be contained in a register kept under that section shall include information with respect to established use certificates granted by the Secretary of State.