The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2013
This Order makes provision in relation to compulsory pre-application consultation under section 61W of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”). The duty (“the pre-application consultation duty”) introduced a requirement into the 1990 Act for applicants to consult members of the local community in certain cases prior to submitting an application for planning permission. Under section 61W the Secretary of State may specify the description of developments to which the duty to consult in section 61W applies. Under section 61W(3) the Secretary of State may also specify particular persons which additionally must be consulted. No such persons are specified in this Order.