The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992

2.  In section 79 of the Act—

(a) after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) The Secretary of State may, in granting an express consent, specify that the term thereof shall run for such longer or shorter period than 5 years as he considers expedient, having regard to regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992 and to any period specified in the application for consent.”;

(b) omit subsection (4);

(c) in subsection (5), for “such an appeal shall be final”, substitute “an appeal under section 78 shall be final, and shall otherwise have effect as if it were a decision of the local planning authority.”;

(d) in subsection (6), for the words from “in respect of an application for planning permission” to “planning permission for that development”, substitute “in respect of an application for express consent, the Secretary of State forms the opinion that, having regard to the Regulations mentioned in subsection (1A) and to any direction given under them, consent”;

(e) in subsection (6A), after the word “appeal” the first time it appears, insert “as is mentioned in subsection (6)”.