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Planning Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Miscellaneous - Waiver and extension of time limits

284: Power of waiver and extension of time limits

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"Asking to extend deadlines or ignore small mistakes in planning rules"

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You can ask a consent authority or a local authority to extend a time limit. They can also waive a rule if you did not follow it correctly. They have the power to make these decisions under the proposed Planning Bill. You might need to give information under the proposed Planning Bill. If your information is incorrect or missing, the consent authority or local authority can choose to waive the rules. They can also ask you to fix the mistake on certain conditions. The consent authority or local authority's power is limited by other parts of the proposed Planning Bill, such as sections 285 and 286.

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Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Miscellaneous: Waiver and extension of time limits

284Power of waiver and extension of time limits

  1. A consent authority or a local authority may—

  2. extend a time period specified in this Act or in regulations, whether or not the time period has expired:
    1. waive a failure to comply with a requirement under this Act, regulations, or a plan for the time or method of service of documents.

      1. If a person is required to provide information under this Act, regulations, or a plan and the information is inaccurate or omitted, or a procedural requirement is omitted, the consent authority or local authority may—

      2. waive compliance with the requirement; or
        1. direct that the omission or inaccuracy be rectified on such terms as the consent authority or local authority thinks fit.

          1. This section is subject to sections 285 and 286.