A. 3 Interpretation of Class A
In Class A, “appropriate authority” means—
(a)in Greater London or a metropolitan county, the local planning authority,
(b)in a National Park, outside a metropolitan county, the county planning authority,
(c)in any other case, the district planning authority(1).
(1)
For cases where functions have been transferred from the county council to the district council or vice versa see regulation 5 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/867) and section 1 of the Act.