Section 102A: Persons in certain categories may ask to become interested parties etc

Planning Act 2008 · 2008 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 6: Deciding applications for orders granting development consent — Chapter 4: Examination of applications under Chapter 2 or 3

Subsection (2) applies if—

a person makes a request to the Examining authority to become an interested party,
the request states that the person claims to be within one or more of the categories set out in section 102B,
the person has not been notified of the acceptance of the application in accordance with section 56(2)(d), and
the applicant has issued a certificate under section 58 in relation to the application.

The Examining authority must decide whether it considers that the person is within one or more of the categories set out in section 102B.

If the Examining authority decides that it considers that the person is within one or more of the categories set out in section 102B, the Examining authority must notify the person, and the applicant, that the person has become an interested party under section 102(1)(ab).

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