http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/402/article/9The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017enTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLANDStatute Law Database2025-10-20Expert Participation2025-05-01 This Order, which applies in England only, makes provisions in relation to permission in principle. Permission in principle and its effect are described in sections 58A, 59A and 70(2ZZA) to (2ZZC) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) (those provisions were inserted by section 150 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22)). PART 491The Secretary of State must from time to time—acarry out a review of the regulatory provisions contained in this Order; andbpublish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.2The first report must be published by 15th April 2022.3Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.4Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this article must, in particular—aset out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),bassess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,cassess whether those objectives remain appropriate, anddif those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.5In this article, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as given by sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act). 2015 c. 26. Art. 9 in force at 15.4.2017, see art. 1