High Speed Rail (London to West Midlands) Act 2017: Schedule 17
Information and guidance to all planning authorities that will determine a request for approval under Schedule 17 to the Act.
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Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Act 2017 allows the Secretary of State for Transport to issue statutory guidance to planning authorities about the exercise of their functions under Schedule 17.
Planning authorities are required to have regard to this guidance when considering a request for approval made under Schedule 17 to the Act.
This document provides further information and guidance to all planning authorities that will determine a request for approval under Schedule 17 to the Act.
It also highlights the main differences in the processes and controls conferred to planning authorities under Schedule 17 and the powers they use to routinely determine planning applications under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Updates to this page
Last updated 20 November 2023 + show all updates
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Scope of Schedule 17 and planning conditions updated.
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Changes expand the scope of Schedule 17, grounds for determination, imposition of conditions and validation, and 3 new sections regarding information for decision making, justification for modifications and collaboration due to the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of London Borough of Hillingdon versus Secretary of State for Transport and others.
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We have made a change to the Schedule 17 Statutory Guidance in light of the unitary authority changes that went live for Buckinghamshire Council on 1 April 2020 and are due in Northamptonshire in 2021. This is to reassure the affected local authorities that they still continue to be qualifying authorities for the purposes of Schedule 17.
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First published.