Part 1Preliminary

Citation, commencement, application and extent

article 1 + 1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure and Written Representations) Order 2025 and comes into force on 1st May 2025.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, and applies in relation to England only.

(3) This Order applies to all land in England, but where land is the subject of a special development order this Order applies to that land only to such extent and subject to such modifications as may be specified in the special development order.

term special development order + (4) In this article, a “special development order” means a development order made under section 59 of the 1990 Act(1) which is a special order applicable only to such land or descriptions of land as may be specified in the order.