In section 62 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (applications for planning permission) after subsection (4) (limitation of power under section 62(3) to require inclusion of particulars and evidence in an application) insert—

“(4A)

Also, a requirement under subsection (3) in respect of an application for planning permission for development of land in England—

(a)

must be reasonable having regard, in particular, to the nature and scale of the proposed development; and

(b)

may require particulars of, or evidence about, a matter only if it is reasonable to think that the matter will be a material consideration in the determination of the application.”