Economic Development Act 2012
sec.246Validation of particular extension and cancellation applications under Planning Act
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sec.246 Validation of particular extension and cancellation applications under Planning Act
This section applies if, before the commencement— an extension application or a cancellation application was made or purportedly made under the Planning Act in relation to premises in an area; and the area was subsequently declared as a priority development area. The application, and anything done in relation to the application, is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid and lawful as it would have been if new section 44 had applied to the application at the time it was made. s 246 ins 2024 No. 32 s 61 (sec.246-ssec.1) This section applies if, before the commencement— an extension application or a cancellation application was made or purportedly made under the Planning Act in relation to premises in an area; and the area was subsequently declared as a priority development area. (sec.246-ssec.2) The application, and anything done in relation to the application, is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid and lawful as it would have been if new section 44 had applied to the application at the time it was made.
- (a) an extension application or a cancellation application was made or purportedly made under the Planning Act in relation to premises in an area; and
- (b) the area was subsequently declared as a priority development area.