Town and Country Planning Act 1962

19 Supplementary provisions as to applications for planning permission

(1) Any application to a local planning authority for planning permission shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations under this Act, and shall include such particulars, and be verified by such evidence, as may be required by the regulations or by any directions given by the local planning authority thereunder.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) to (4) of section seventeen of this Act, provision may be made by a development order for regulating the manner in which applications for planning permission to develop land are to be dealt with by local planning authorities, and in particular—

(a) for enabling the Minister (or, in the case of development falling within the next following subsection, the Minister of Transport) to give directions restricting the grant of planning permission by the local planning authority, during such period as may be specified in the directions, in respect of any such development, or in respect of development of any such class, as may be so specified ;

(b) for authorising the local planning authority, in such cases and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the order, or by directions given by the Minister thereunder, to grant planning permission for development which does not accord with the provisions of the development plan;

(c) for requiring the local planning authority, before granting or refusing planning permission for any development, to consult with such authorities or persons as may be prescribed by the order or by directions given by the Minister thereunder;

(d) for requiring the local planning authority to give to any applicant for planning permission, within such time as may be prescribed by the order, such notice as may be so prescribed as to the manner in which his application has been dealt with;

(e) for requiring the local planning authority to give to the Minister, and to such other persons as may be prescribed by or under the order, such information as may be so prescribed with respect to applications for planning permission made to the authority, including information as to the manner in which any such application has been dealt with.

(3) The reference in paragraph id) of the last preceding subsection to development falling within this subsection is a reference to any development affecting trunk roads, or affecting any road which—

(a) is comprised in the route of a special road to be provided by the Minister of Transport in accordance with a scheme under 'the provisions of Part II of the Highways Act, 1959, relating to special roads, and has not for the time being been transferred to him, or

(b) has been or is to be provided by that Minister in pursuance of an order under the provisions of Part II of that Act relating to trunk roads and special roads, and has not for the time being been transferred to any other highway authority.

(4) Every local planning authority shall keep, in such manner as may be prescribed by a development order, a register containing such information as may be so prescribed with respect to applications for planning permission made to that authority, including information as to the manner in which such applications have been dealt with.

(5) Every register kept under the last preceding subsection shall be available for inspection by the public at all reasonable hours.