Consultations before grant of planning permission4

In article 15(1) of the 1992 Order

a

for sub-paragraph (h) substitute—

SEPA

i

where it appears to the planning authority that the development is likely to result in a material increase in the number of buildings at risk of being damaged by flooding; or

ii

where the development consists of or includes—

aa

fish farming;

bb

mining operations;

cc

the carrying out of building or other operations or use of land for the purposes of providing or storing mineral oils and their derivatives;

dd

the carrying out of building or other operations (other than the laying of sewers, the construction of pump-houses in a line of sewers, the construction of septic tanks and cesspools serving single dwelling-houses, single caravans or single buildings in which not more than 10 people will normally reside, work or congregate, and works ancillary thereto) or use of land for the retention, treatment or disposal of sewage, trade-waste, or effluent;

ee

the carrying out of works or operations in the bed or on the banks of a river or stream;

ff

the use of land as a cemetery; or

gg

the use of land for the deposit of any kind of refuse or waste, including slurry or sludge;

b

at the end insert—

m

the water and sewerage authority for the area in which the development is to take place where the development is likely to require a material addition to or a material change in the services provided by that authority;

n

the community council if any within whose area the development is to take place where—

i

the community council, within 7 days (excluding Saturday and Sunday, December 25th and 26th and January 1st and 2nd) of the date on which the planning authority sent to that community council in accordance with article 12(9) the list which includes information about that development, informs the planning authority that it wishes to be consulted;

ii

the development is in a class of case or in an area in respect of which the planning authority and the community council have agreed in writing that the community council will be consulted; or

iii

it appears to the planning authority that the development is likely to affect the amenity in the area of the community council.