The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2020

Transitional and savings provisions

3.—(1) The amendment made by article 2 of this Order does not have effect in relation to development under Class A or AA of Part 20 to Schedule 2 to the GPDO where a prior approval application is submitted before 30th December 2020.

(2) Where a prior approval event occurs, the planning permission granted by Class A or AA of Part 20 of Schedule 2 to the GPDO continues to have effect as if the amendments made by article 2 of this Order had not been made.

(3) In this article—

“the GPDO” means the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015;

“prior approval application” has the same meaning as in section 69A(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1);

“prior approval event” means the giving of prior approval in relation to a matter determined under paragraph A.2 of Class A or paragraph AA.2 of Class AA of Part 20 of Schedule 2 to the GPDO—

(a)

before 30th December 2020;

(b)

on or after the 30th December 2020 where the prior approval application was submitted to the local planning authority before the 30^th December 2020;

(c)

on or after the 30th December 2020 in relation to an appeal which was lodged under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 within 6 months of the date of notice of refusal of a prior approval application submitted before the 30th December 2020.

(1)

1990 c.8. Section 69A was inserted by the Neighbourhood Planning Act (c.20), section 17.