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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