[NOTE: For other Directions, please view the following posts:
- This post for the 2021 Direction (withdrawn).
- This post for the 2024 Direction (still in force)
- This post for the 2026 Direction (still in force).]
The following new Direction came into force on 21/04/2021:
New Direction:
Notes:
- The webpage (link) for the above 2021 Direction includes the following information:
- "This Direction replaces The Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009 [(link)].".
- "This Direction is made under the [DMPO 2015] and came into force on 21 April 2021.".
- "It requires local planning authorities in England to consult the Secretary of State before granting planning permission for certain types of development.". - Note: The above 2021 Direction sets out that, where the LPA does not propose to refuse certain types of application for planning permission, the LPA must consult the Secretary of State. These types of application are specified by paragraph 3, which has been amended to add "commemorative object development". In addition, paragraph 9 has been inserted to add the following definition:
- "For the purposes of this Direction, "commemorative object development" means development which consists of or includes full or part demolition of a statue, monument, memorial or plaque which is, or is part of, a building in place for a period of at least 10 years on the date of any proposed demolition other than a statue, monument, memorial or plaque:
>>> (a) that is a listed building;
>>> (b) that is a scheduled monument;
>>> (c) within a cemetery, on consecrated land, or within the curtilage of a place of public worship;
>>> (d) within the grounds of a museum or art gallery; or
>>> (e) within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.
The references to "dwellinghouse" and "cemetery" in this -paragraph have the same meaning as [Part 11 Class B of the GPDO 2015].". - Note: Paragraphs 9-13 of the previous 2009 Direction have been renumbered as paragraphs 10-14 (respectively) of the above 2021 Direction.