A.
Functions relating to town and country
planning and development control
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1.
Power to determine application for planning
permission.
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Sections 70(1)(a) and (b) and
72 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c.8).
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2.
Power to determine applications to develop land
without compliance with conditions previously attached.
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Section 73 of the Town
and Country Planning Act 1990.
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3.
Power to grant planning permission for development
already carried out.
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Section 73A of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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4.
Power to decline to determine application for
planning permission.
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Section 70A of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990
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5.
Duties relating to the making of determinations of
planning applications.
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Sections 69, 76 and 92 of the
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Articles 8, 10 to 13, 15 to
22 and 25 and 26 of the Town and Country Planning (General
Development Procedure) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/419) and directions
made there under.
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6.
Power to determine application for planning
permission made by a local authority, alone or jointly with another
person.
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Section 316 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990 and the Town and Country Planning General
Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1492).
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7.
Power to make determinations, give approvals and
agree certain other matters relating to the exercise of permitted
development rights.
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Parts 6, 7, 11, 17, 19, 20, 21
to 24, 26, 30 and 31 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning
(General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (S.I.
1995/418).
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8.
Power to enter into agreement regulating development
or use of land.
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Section 106 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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9.
Power to issue a certificate of existing or proposed
lawful use or development.
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Sections 191(4) and 192(2) of
the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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10.
Power to serve a completion notice.
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Section 94(2) of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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11.
Power to grant consent for the display of
advertisements.
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Section 220 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990 and the Town and Country Planning
(Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992.
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12.
Power to authorise entry onto land.
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Section 196A of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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13.
Power to require the discontinuance of a use of
land.
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Section 102 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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14.
Power to serve a planning contravention notice,
breach of condition notice or stop notice.
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Sections 171C, 187A and 183(1)
of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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14A Power to issue a temporary stop notice
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Section 171E of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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15.
Power to issue an enforcement notice.
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Section 172 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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16.
Power to apply for an injunction restraining a
breach of planning control.
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Section 187B of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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17.
Power to determine applications for hazardous
substances consent, and related powers.
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Sections 9(1) and 10 of the
Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990.
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18.
Duty to determine conditions to which old mining
permissions, relevant planning permissions relating to dormant
sites or active Phase I or II sites, or mineral permissions
relating to mining sites, as the case may be,
are to be subject.
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Paragraph 2(6)(a) of Schedule 2
to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, paragraph 9(6) of
Schedule 13 to the Environment Act 1995 and paragraph 6(5) of
Schedule 14 to that Act.
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19.
Power to require proper maintenance of
land.
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Section 215(1) of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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20.
Power to determine application for listed building
consent, and related powers.
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Sections 16(1) and (2), 17,
27(2) and 33(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Buildings in
Conservation Areas) Act 1990.
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21.
Power to determine applications for conservation
area consent.
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Section 16(1) of the Planning
(Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas Act 1990, as
applied by section 74(3) of that Act.
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22.
Duties relating to applications for listed building
consent and conservation area consent.
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Sections 13(1) and 14(1) and
(4) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation
Areas) Act 1990 and regulations 3 to 6 and 13 of the Town and
Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation
Areas) Regulations 1990 and paragraphs 8, 15 and 22 of Department
of the Environment Circular 14/97.
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23.
Power to serve a building preservation notice, and
related powers.
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Sections 3(1) and 4(1) of the
Planning (Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas) Act
1990.
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24.
Power to issue enforcement notices in relation to
demolition of unlisted buildings in conservation area.
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Section 38 of the Planning
(Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas) Act
1990.
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25.
Powers to acquire a listed building in need of
repair and to serve a repairs
notice.
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Sections 47 and 48 of the
Planning (Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas) Act
1990.
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26.
Power to apply for an injunction in relation to a
listed building.
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Section 44A of the Planning
(Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas) Act
1990.
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27.
Power to execute urgent works.
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Section 54 of the Planning
(Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas) Act
1990.
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28.
Powers relating to the protection of important
hedgerows.
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The Hedgerows Regulations 1997
(S.I. 1997/1160)
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29. Powers relating to
complaints about high hedges.
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Part 8 of the Anti-Social
Behaviour Act 2003.
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30.
Powers relating to the preservation of
trees
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Sections 197 to 214D of the
Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and the Trees Regulations 1999
(S.I. 1999/1892)
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31.
Power to make limestone pavement order
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Section 34(c) of the Wildlife
and Countryside Act 1981.
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32.
Power to authorise stopping-up or diversion of
highway
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Section 247 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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33.
Power to authorise stopping-up or diversion of
footpath or bridleway or restricted byway.
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Section 257 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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34.
Power to extinguish public rights of way over land
held for planning purposes.
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Section 258 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
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