The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure, Listed Buildings and Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 505

Town And Country Planning, England

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure, Listed Buildings and Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Made

12th May 2020

Laid before Parliament

13th May 2020

Coming into force

14th May 2020

The Secretary of State has been designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the environment.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that Act, sections 59, 69, 71, 71A(1) and (2), 74 and 333(1) and (2A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(3) and sections 10(3) and 93 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990(4).

(1)

S.I. 2008/301. See article 2 of that Order.

(2)

1972 c. 68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1)). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).

(3)

Section 59 was amended by the Planning (Wales) Act 2015, (2015 anaw 4), see sections 27 and 55 and Schedules 4 and 7.Section 69 was substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5) (“the 2004 Act”) and section 69(2) and (4) were amended by section 190 of the Planning Act 2008. Section 71 was amended by Schedule 12 of the Housing and Planning Act. (c.22). Section 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 12 to the 2016 Act; and section 333 was amended by paragraph 32(12) of, and Schedule 10 to, the Environment Act 1995 (c.8), and section 118(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5). There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.

(4)

1990 c.9. Section 10(3) was amended by section 42(7) and paragraph 20 of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Act.