138 Procedural changes relating to applications for development consent

138  Procedural changes relating to applications for development consent

(1)     The Planning Act 2008 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 56(2) (persons to be notified of the acceptance of an application for an order granting development consent) for paragraph (b) (relevant local authorities under section 102(5)) substitute—

“(b)     each local authority that is within section 56A,”.

(3)     After section 56 insert—

“56A Local authorities for the purposes of sections 56(2)(b) and 60(2)(a)

(1)     A local authority is within this section if the land is in the authority's area.

(2)     A local authority (“A”) is within this section if—

(a)     the land is in the area of another local authority (“B”),

(b)     B is a unitary council or a lower-tier district council, and

(c)     any part of the boundary of A's area is also a part of the boundary of B's area.

(3)     If the land is in the area of an upper-tier county council (“C”), a local authority (“D”) is within this section if—

(a)     D is not a lower-tier district council, and

(b)     any part of the boundary of D's area is also part of the boundary of C's area.

(4)     In this section—

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