sec.247Validation of particular applications and decisions under Planning Act

sec.247 Validation of particular applications and decisions under Planning Act

This section applies if, before the commencement— an area was declared as a priority development area; and a change application, an extension application or a cancellation application was subsequently made or purportedly made under the Planning Act in relation to premises in the area; and the application was decided or purportedly decided under that Act. 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 the priority development area had not been declared. s 247 ins 2024 No. 32 s 61 (sec.247-ssec.1) This section applies if, before the commencement— an area was declared as a priority development area; and a change application, an extension application or a cancellation application was subsequently made or purportedly made under the Planning Act in relation to premises in the area; and the application was decided or purportedly decided under that Act. (sec.247-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 the priority development area had not been declared.

• (a) an area was declared as a priority development area; and
• (b) a change application, an extension application or a cancellation application was subsequently made or purportedly made under the Planning Act in relation to premises in the area; and
• (c) the application was decided or purportedly decided under that Act.