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118 Restriction on appeals against enforcement notices
In section 174 of TCPA 1990 (appeal against enforcement notice), for subsections (2A) and (2B) substitute —
(2A) An appeal may not be brought on the ground specified in subsection (2)(a) if—
(a) the land to which the enforcement notice relates is in England, and
(b) the enforcement notice was issued at a time after the making of an application for planning permission that was related to the enforcement notice.
(2AA) For the purposes of subsection (2A)—
(a) an application for planning permission for the development of any land is related to an enforcement notice if granting planning permission for the development would involve granting planning permission in respect of the matters specified in the enforcement notice as constituting a breach of planning control;
(b) an application for planning permission that the local planning authority or the Secretary of State declined to determine under section 70A, 70B or 70C is to be ignored.
(2AB) But subsection (2A) does not apply if—
(a) the application for planning permission has ceased to be under consideration, and
(b) the enforcement notice was issued after the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which the application ceased to be under consideration.
(2AC) For the purposes of subsection (2AB), an application for planning permission has ceased to be under consideration if—
(a) the application was refused, or granted subject to conditions, and, in the case of an application determined by the local planning authority, the applicant did not appeal under section 78(1)(a);
(b) the applicant did not appeal in the circumstances mentioned in section 78(2) and the application was not subsequently refused;
(c) the applicant appealed under section 78(1)(a) or section 78(2) and—
(i) the appeal was dismissed,
(ii) the application was on appeal granted subject to conditions, or subject to different conditions, or
(iii) the Secretary of State declined under section 79(6) to determine the appeal.
(2B) For the purposes of subsection (2AB), the day on which the application ceased to be under consideration is—
(a) in a case within subsection (2AC)(a), the day on which the right to appeal arose;
(b) in a case within subsection (2AC)(b), the day after the end of the prescribed period referred to in section 78(2);
(c) in a case within subsection (2AC)(c)(i), the day on which the appeal was dismissed;
(d) in a case within subsection (2AC)(c)(ii), the day on which the appeal was determined;
(e) in a case within subsection (2AC)(c)(iii) relating to an appeal under section 78(1)(a), the day on which the right to appeal arose;
(f) in a case within subsection (2AC)(c)(iii) relating to an appeal under section 78(2), the day after the end of the prescribed period referred to in section 78(2).
Your change, as a redline
118 Restriction on appeals against enforcement notices
In section 174 of TCPA 1990 (appeal against enforcement notice), for subsections (2A) and (2B) substitute —
(2A) An appeal may not be brought on the ground specified in subsection (2)(a) if—
(a) the land to which the enforcement notice relates is in England, and
(b) the enforcement notice was issued at a time after the making of an application for planning permission that was related to the enforcement notice.
(2AA) For the purposes of subsection (2A)—
(a) an application for planning permission for the development of any land is related to an enforcement notice if granting planning permission for the development would involve granting planning permission in respect of the matters specified in the enforcement notice as constituting a breach of planning control;
(b) an application for planning permission that the local planning authority or the Secretary of State declined to determine under section 70A, 70B or 70C is to be ignored.
(2AB) But subsection (2A) does not apply if—
(a) the application for planning permission has ceased to be under consideration, and
(b) the enforcement notice was issued after the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which the application ceased to be under consideration.
(2AC) For the purposes of subsection (2AB), an application for planning permission has ceased to be under consideration if—
(a) the application was refused, or granted subject to conditions, and, in the case of an application determined by the local planning authority, the applicant did not appeal under section 78(1)(a);
(b) the applicant did not appeal in the circumstances mentioned in section 78(2) and the application was not subsequently refused;
(c) the applicant appealed under section 78(1)(a) or section 78(2) and—
(i) the appeal was dismissed,
(ii) the application was on appeal granted subject to conditions, or subject to different conditions, or
(iii) the Secretary of State declined under section 79(6) to determine the appeal.
(2B) For the purposes of subsection (2AB), the day on which the application ceased to be under consideration is—
(a) in a case within subsection (2AC)(a), the day on which the right to appeal arose;
(b) in a case within subsection (2AC)(b), the day after the end of the prescribed period referred to in section 78(2);
(c) in a case within subsection (2AC)(c)(i), the day on which the appeal was dismissed;
(d) in a case within subsection (2AC)(c)(ii), the day on which the appeal was determined;
(e) in a case within subsection (2AC)(c)(iii) relating to an appeal under section 78(1)(a), the day on which the right to appeal arose;
(f) in a case within subsection (2AC)(c)(iii) relating to an appeal under section 78(2), the day after the end of the prescribed period referred to in section 78(2).
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