New Legislation – relating to fire safety, “public service infrastructure development”, etc (16/07/2021) …

The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 16/07/2021:

New Legislation:

  • July 2021: SI 2021 No. 746 - The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (pdf) (link).

Notes:

  • The above SI 2021 No. 746 makes amendments to the following SIs:
    - The DMPO 2015.
    - The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013.
  • Note: The "Explanatory Memorandum" (link) to SI 2021 No. 746 states the following:
    - "[SI 2021 No. 746] amends [the DMPO 2015] and the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 ("the 2013 Order") to ...
    >>> (1) introduce a requirement for a fire statement to be submitted with applications for planning permission for development involving a high-rise residential building in certain circumstances,
    >>> (2) introduce a requirement that the fire statement is published on the planning register which each local planning authority must maintain,
    >>> (3) introduce a requirement that the Health and Safety Executive is consulted before the grant of planning permission involving a high-rise residential building in certain circumstances,
    >>> (4) amend certain periods [from 21 days to 18 days] for representations to be made by the public and statutory bodies before determination of applications for planning permission for development categorised as "public service infrastructure development",
    >>> (5) amend the statutory period [from 13 weeks to 10 weeks] for determination of applications for planning permission for public service infrastructure development,
    >>> (6) update the Table in Schedule 4 to [the] DMPO 2015 to reflect the name change of the "Garden History Society" to "The Gardens Trust"."    .
    - "The requirements of both new regimes only apply to applications for planning permission submitted on or after 1 August 2021.".

Other Notes:

  • The "Explanatory Memorandum" (link) to SI 2021 No. 746 states the following:
    - "There are no plans for a consolidation.".
  • The "DMPO 2015 (Consolidated)" document on the Planning Jungle website has been updated to incorporate the above SI 2021 No. 746, and currently incorporates a total of 15 SIs (i.e. the original SI + 14 amendment SIs).

Other Sources of Information:

  • December 2020: Government press release - "Fast track for public services: new planning reforms to speed up delivery of schools and hospitals" (link).
  • June 2019: Building a Safer Future - Proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system (link).
  • April 2020: A reformed building safety regulatory system - Summary of responses to the 'Building a Safer Future' consultation (link).
  • April 2020: A reformed building safety regulatory system - Government response to the 'Building a Safer Future' consultation (link).
  • December 2020: Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure (pdf print version of HTML webpage) (link).
    - Note: For more information about the above document, please view this post.
  • March 2021: Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure - government response (pdf print version of HTML webpage) (link).
    - Note: For more information about the above document, please view this post.
  • June 2021: "Explanatory Memorandum" to SI 2021 No. 746 (pdf) (link).
  • June 2021: MHCLG Guidance - "Fire safety and high-rise residential buildings (from 1 August 2021)" (link).
  • June 2021: MHCLG Guidance - "Consultation and pre-decision matters" (link).

Updates to the Planning Jungle website: