53 Rights of entry
Planning Act 2008 (2008 c 29) | Legislation

53  Rights of entry

(1)     Any person duly authorised in writing by the [Secretary of State] may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying and taking levels of it[, or in order to facilitate compliance with the provisions mentioned in subsection (1A),] in connection with—

(a)     an application for an order granting development consent, whether in relation to that or any other land, that has been accepted by the [Secretary of State],

(b)     a proposed application for an order granting development consent, or

(c)     an order granting development consent that includes provision authorising the compulsory acquisition of that land or of an interest in it or right over it.

[(1A)     Those provisions are any provision of or made under an Act for the purpose of implementing—

(a)     Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended from time to time,

(b)     Council Directive 92/43/EC of 21 May

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