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Planning Bill

Planning consents - Applying for planning consent - General requirements

108: Prior consultation not required

You could also call this:

"No need to talk to others before applying for planning consent"

If you apply for a planning consent, you and the consent authority do not have to consult with anyone about your application under this proposed law. You and the consent authority must still follow any other laws that say you have to consult with people about your application. You and the consent authority can choose to consult with anyone you want about your application.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > Town planningHousing and property > Land use

107: Meaning of planning consent, or

"What 'planning consent' means in the Planning Bill"

109: Applying for planning consent, or

"How to ask for planning permission"

Part 4Planning consents
Applying for planning consent: General requirements

108Prior consultation not required

The following applies to an applicant for a planning consent and the consent authority:
neither has a duty under this Act to consult any person about the application; and
each must comply with a duty under any other enactment to consult any person about the application; and
each may consult any person about the application.