Part 2Crown development applications

Chapter 1Applications and publicity

Publicity for applications for planning permission within 10 metres of relevant railway land: relevant local planning authority

18.—(1) This article applies where—

(a)a Crown development application is an application for planning permission, and

(b)any part of the development to which that application relates is situated within 10 metres of relevant railway land.

(2) The relevant local planning authority must, except where paragraph (3) applies, give requisite notice on any infrastructure manager of the relevant railway land.

(3) Where an infrastructure manager has instructed the relevant local planning authority in writing that they do not require notification in relation to a particular description of development, type of building operation or in relation to specified sites or geographical areas (“the instruction”), the relevant local planning authority is not required to notify that infrastructure manager of an application which falls within the scope of the instruction.

(4) The infrastructure manager may withdraw the instruction at any time by notifying the relevant local planning authority in writing.

(5) In this article “requisite notice” means a notice in the appropriate form set out in Schedule 2 or a form substantially to the same effect.