The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988

Written notice of decision or determination relating to a planning application

25.  When the local planning authority give notice of a decision or determination—

(a) on an application for planning permission or for approval of reserved matters, and a permission or approval is granted subject to conditions or the application is refused, the notice shall—

(i) state clearly and precisely their full reasons for the refusal or for any condition imposed; and

(ii) where the Secretary of State has given a direction restricting the grant of permission for the development for which application is made or where he or a government department has expressed the view that the permission should not be granted (either wholly or in part) or should be granted subject to conditions, give details of the direction or of the view expressed,

and shall be accompanied by a notification in the terms (or substantially in the terms) set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3 hereto;

(b) on an application for a determination under section 53 (whether forming part of an application for planning permission or not), the notice shall (except where the local planning authority determine that the carrying out of operations or the making of a change in the use of land would not constitute or involve development of the land) state clearly and precisely the full grounds for their determination, and include a statement to the effect that, if the applicant is aggrieved by their decision, he may appeal to the Secretary of State under section 36 of the Act (as applied by section 53 of the Act) within six months of receipt thereof or such longer period as the Secretary of State may at any time allow.