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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007(“the principal Regulations”) in two respects.

The first relates to Class 5 of Schedule 3, which gives deemed consent for the display of certain advertisements on business premises. Condition (6) is substituted, with the effect of restricting the maximum area of Class 5 advertisements that consist of a single placard or poster to 1.55 square metres.

The second relates to the modifications to section 70A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (power to decline to determine subsequent application) required for applying that section to applications for express consent for the display of advertisements. Regulation 14(3) of the principal Regulations provides for section 70A, as modified, to apply for the purposes of that regulation (power to deal with applications). Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations are replaced by the Parts set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. A full regulatory impact assessment on the effect of the principal Regulations on the costs of business and the voluntary sector may be obtained from the Department for Communities and Local Government, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU or viewed at www.communities.gov.uk