Part 13: General Schedule 11: Completion notices: consequential amendments Background
Sections 94 to 96 of the TCPA 1990 relate to completion notices. Local planning authorities can serve completion notices on unfinished developments where they are of the opinion that the development will not be completed in a reasonable period specifying that planning permission for any incomplete parts of the development will cease unless it is completed within the period specified in the notice.
	Under existing law, a served completion notice can only take effect once it has been confirmed by the Secretary of State – in effect, requiring the local planning authority to seek approval of the Secretary of State. A completion notice can also only be served after the deadline for commencement for a planning permission (typically introduced under section 91 and 92 TCPA 1990) has passed.
	This Act introduces reforms to the procedure for serving a completion notice. These provisions can be found in section 93H (Completion notices), 93I (Appeals against completion notices) and 93J (Effect of completion notices).
	These sections remove, in relation to completion notices served on land in England, the requirement for Secretary of State confirmation before a completion notice can take effect. A procedure for appeals against the service of a completion notice is also introduced. These provisions also allow for a completion notice to be served before the deadline for commencement of a planning permission has passed, providing development has begun.
	Schedule 11 provides for consequential amendments in relation to sections 93H, 93I, and 93J.