Chapter 4: Grant and Implementation of Planning Permission Chapter 6: Other Provision Section 122: Consultation before applying for planning permission Effect
This section will make permanent the powers to enable pre-application consultation, set out in sections 61W to 61Y of the TCPA. This will allow regulations to come forward requiring applicants (on certain applications) to consult with local communities, and specified persons prior to submitting a planning application. It may also require them to have regard to comments made as part of this pre-application consultation.