Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Miscellaneous

20 (1) The local planning authority whom the Secretary of State is required to consult under section 100(3), 104(3) or 202(1) or serve with a notice of his proposals under section 100(4) or 104(4) shall be the county planning authority or the district planning authority, as he thinks appropriate, and references in sections 100(2), (3) and (4) and 104(2), (3) and (4) and 202 to the local planning authority shall be construed accordingly.

(2) In sections 96, 182 and 185 any reference to the local planning authority shall be construed as a reference to the county planning authority or the district planning authority, as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.

(3) The power of a local planning authority to make agreements under section 106 may be exercised also, in relation to land in the area of a joint planning board, by the council of the county in which the land is situated; and references in that section to a local planning authority shall be construed accordingly.

(4) In paragraph 16 of Schedule 13 the reference to the local planning authority shall be construed—

(a) in relation to land in a National Park outside a metropolitan county, as a reference to the county planning authority; and

(b) in relation to land elsewhere, as a reference to the district planning authority.

21 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the provisions of this Schedule do not apply in Greater London.

(2) Paragraph 5(3) of this Schedule applies in Greater London and paragraph 2(3) of Part I and of Part II of Schedule 2 shall apply as respects the temporary application of paragraph 7(1) of this Schedule in the metropolitan counties and in Greater London respectively.