Part III

Control over development

Simplified planning zones

Exclusion of certain descriptions of land or development
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1
The following descriptions of land may not be included in a simplified planning zone—
a
land in a National Park;
b
land in a conservation area;
c
land within the Broads;
d
land in an area designated under section 87 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 as an area of outstanding natural beauty;
e
land identified in the development plan for the district as part of a green belt;
f
land in respect of which a notification or order is in force under section 28 or 29 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (areas of special scientific interest).
2
Where land included in a simplified planning zone becomes land of a description mentioned in subsection (1), that subsection does not operate to exclude it from the zone.
3
The Secretary of State may by order provide that no simplified planning zone scheme shall have effect to grant planning permission—
a
in relation to an area of land specified in the order or to areas of land of a description so specified, or
b
for development of a description specified in the order.
4
An order under subsection (3) has effect to withdraw such planning permission under a simplified planning zone scheme already in force with effect from the date on which the order comes into force, except in a case where the development authorised by the permission has been begun.
1949 c. 97.
1981 c. 69.