Ownership Certificates
Certificates under Article 7 of the Town & Country
Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995
How to complete the Ownership/agricultural
certificates
Article 6(1) of the Town and Country Planning
(General Development Procedure) Order 1995 provides that an
applicant for planning permission shall give notice of the
application to any person who is an owner of the land to which the
application relates, or an agricultural tenant, and every
application shall be accompanied by a certificate of compliance
with this requirement.
You should complete only ONE of the certificates;
whichever is applicble
CERTIFICATE A: Should be completed if you are
the only owner of the land.
or
CERTIFICATE B: Should be completed if you
are not the owner of the land but know the owner(s). You must
also send a completed Notice
1 to all owners of the land or property.
or
CERTIFICATE C: Should be completed if you do
not own all the land and know only some of the owners. You
must also send a completed Notice
1 to all known owners and publish a completed
Notice
2 in a Local Newspaper.
or
CERTIFICATE D: Should be completed if you do
not own any of the land and do not know any of the owners.
You must also publish a completed Notice
2 in a Local Newspaper.
Agricultural Certificate
If you have stated on any of the above
Certificates that the land forms part of an agricultural holding
and you are not the sole agricultural tenant, you must serve
Notice
1 on any agricultural tenant.
Glossary of Terms
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‘Owner’ means a person having
a freehold interest or a leasehold interest the unexpired term of
which is not less than 7 years, or, in the case of development
consisting of the winning or working of minerals, a person entitled
to an interest in a mineral in the land (other than oil, gas, coal,
gold or silver).
‘Tenant’ means a tenant of an
agricultural holding any part of which is comprised in the
land.
‘Statement of owner’s rights’
- the grant of planning permission does not affect owner’s rights
to retain or dispose of their property, unless there is some
provision to the contrary in an agreement or in a lease.
‘Statement of agricultural tenant’s
rights’ - the grant of planning permission for
non-agricultural development may affect agricultural tenants
security of tenure.
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