On this page, you need to tell us which local planning authority will be responsible for determining the Biodiversity Gain Plan (in most cases, the local planning authority for determining the Biodiversity Gain Plan will be the same one that will grant/granted the relevant planning permission).
Questions and Answers
I'm still not sure what my LPA is
I'm still not sure what my LPA is
A list of LPAs (with maps) can be found here. If you are still not sure, you should read Paragraph 12 of Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which makes provision for the planning authority in relation to the Biodiversity Gain Plan.
My LPA isn't a local authority
My LPA isn't a local authority
If the decision maker granting planning permission is not the local planning authority then there are special rules:
Where the Secretary of State has granted planning permission under section 62A (direct submission of a planning application where there is a designated local planning authority) or section 77 (call in of a planning application) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Secretary of State may direct that they or the local planning authority which would have granted the planning permission (had it not been granted by the Secretary of State) is the planning authority.
Where the Secretary of State or the Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State has granted planning permission for an appeal under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, they may direct that they or the local planning authority which would have granted the planning permission (had it not been granted by the Secretary of State or Inspector) is the planning authority.
Where the Mayor of London has given a direction under section 2A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and granted the relevant planning permission, the Mayor may direct that the local planning authority (to whom the planning application was made) will be the planning authority for determining the Biodiversity Gain Plan. Otherwise, the Mayor is the planning authority for the Plan.
Where the Mayor of London has given a direction under section 2A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 but the Secretary of State or Inspector has granted the planning permission on appeal, then the Secretary of State or Inspector will determine whether they, the Mayor of London or the local planning authority (to whom the planning application was made) will act as the planning authority for determining the Biodiversity Gain Plan.
Where a combined authority has the function to call-in and determine planning applications under section 2A and the order which grants those powers so provides, the planning authority for the purposes of biodiversity gain is the combined authority. In other cases where a combined authority grants planning permission, the local planning authority (to whom the planning application) was made will be planning authority for determining the Biodiversity Gain Plan.
Where other bodies have planning powers to determine planning applications, such as Mayoral Development Corporations and Urban Development Authorities, then they will be the planning authority for determining the Biodiversity Gain Plan (if the Order which grants those powers so provides).