Section 8A — Housing and Planning Act 2016

8A 1 A local planning authority who have the function of determining applications for planning permission or permission in principle shall, if requested to do so by a neighbourhood forum for an area which (or any part of which) is situated in the authority's area, notify the neighbourhood forum of—

a any relevant planning application;

and b any alteration to that application accepted by the authority.

2 In this paragraph— “ neighbourhood forum ” means an organisation or body designated as such under section 61F; “ relevant planning application ” means an application which— relates to land in the area for which the neighbourhood forum is designated;

and is an application for— planning permission or permission in principle; or approval of a matter reserved under an outline planning permission within the meaning of section 92.

3 Sub-paragraphs (3) to (6) of paragraph 8 have effect for the purposes of this paragraph, any reference to a parish council being read as a reference to a neighbourhood forum.