The Teesside Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1987

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Article 1Citation and commencement#

This Order may be cited as the Teesside Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st September 1987.

Article 2Interpretation#

In this Order —• “the 1971 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1971;• “the 1980 Act” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;• “the development area” means the area of land designated as an urban development area by the Teesside Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987; and• “the development corporation” means the Teesside Development Corporation.

Article 3Planning functions of the development corporation#

Subject to the provisions of articles 5 and 6 of this Order —

(a)the development corporation shall be the local planning authority for the development area, in place of any other authority which would otherwise be the local planning authority, for all the purposes of Part III of the 1971 Act in relation to all kinds of development;

(b)the development corporation shall have in the whole of the development area, and in place of any authority (except the Secretary of State) which would otherwise have them, the functions conferred by all the provisions of the 1971 Act specified in Part I of Schedule 29 to the 1980 Act.

Article 4Modifications of provisions of the 1971 Act#

All the provisions of the 1971 Act specified in Part II of Schedule 29 to the 1980 Act shall have effect in relation to the development corporation and to the development area with all the modifications specified in that Part.

Article 5Transitional provision: planning applications#

(1)This article applies as respects any application for planning permission or for a consent, approval or determination under the 1971 Act or any order or regulation made or having effect under that Act which —

(a)was duly made before this Order came into force to an authority which ceases by virtue of the preceding provisions of this Order to be the planning authority responsible for determining the application (“the previous authority”); and

(b)has not been determined when this Order comes into force.

(2)Except where the previous authority resolves with the agreement of the applicant to transmit the application to the development corporation for determination, that authority shall have in relation to the application the same powers and duties as it would have if this Order had not been made.

(3)Where the previous authority transmits an application to the development corporation for determination, the application shall be treated as received by the corporation from the applicant on the day on which it is transmitted to the corporation.

(4)Where an appeal is made to the Secretary of State under section 36 of the 1971 Act against a decision or determination made in relation to land within the development area by an authority which ceased by virtue of the preceding provisions of this Order to be the local planning authority responsible for making such decisions or determinations that authority shall continue to be the local planning authority for the purposes of the appeal, but shall notify the development corporation of the appeal and transmit to the Secretary of State any representation received from the development corporation.

Article 6Transitional provision: compensation#

(1)Where a right to compensation arises under Part VIII of the 1971 Act in consequence of action taken in relation to land within the development area by an authority which ceases by virtue of this Order to be the local planning authority in relation to that matter, the liability to pay compensation shall lie with that authority.

(2)Where the Secretary of State makes a determination of an appeal against action taken by such authority as is mentioned in paragraph (1), or on a reference made to him by such authority, and that determination gives rise to a right to compensation, that authority shall be liable to pay the compensation.

(3)Where the Secretary of State makes an order under section 276 of the 1971 Act in respect of a matter arising before this Order comes into force, which relates to land in the development area, the authority which was the local planning authority in relation to that land when the matter arose shall remain liable to pay any compensation arising from the order.

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The Teesside Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 1987

Article 1Citation and commencement#

Article 2Interpretation#

Article 3Planning functions of the development corporation#

Article 4Modifications of provisions of the 1971 Act#

Article 5Transitional provision: planning applications#

Article 6Transitional provision: compensation#

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Article 1Citation and commencement#

Article 2Interpretation#

Article 3Planning functions of the development corporation#

Article 4Modifications of provisions of the 1971 Act#

Article 5Transitional provision: planning applications#

Article 6Transitional provision: compensation#