The list below is a record of advice the Planning Inspectorate has provided in respect of the Planning Act 2008 process.
There is a statutory duty under section 51 of the Planning Act 2008 to record the advice that is given in relation to an application or a potential application and to make this publicly available. Advice we have provided is recorded below together with the name of the person or organisation who asked for the advice and the project it relates to. The privacy of any other personal information will be protected in accordance with our Information Charter which you should view before sending information to the Planning Inspectorate.
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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived. View the archived advice.
General
Enquiry
The Infrastructure Planning (Application: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 Schedule 1 sets out pre-application statutory consultees. A number of these organisations no longer exist. Who should applicants now deal with instead of: 1. The Regional Planning Body 2. Strategic Health Authority 3. Regional Development Agency 4. Health Protection Agency – (suggest this would now be UK Health Security Agency, the successor to Public Health England, which in turn replaced the Health Protection Agency?) I can’t see anything in your advice notes on this so any advice you can give would be much appreciated.
Advice given
The version of The Infrastructure Planning (Applications, Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 available on legislation.gov.uk, managed by the National Archives, is showing this legislation as originally made and changes have been made since that time. Some of these changes to relate to your query. I hope the following information provides a clear answer to your query: • The Regional Planning Body. The entry for this consultee was revoked from the legislation through the Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 [SI 2013/522]. • The relevant Strategic Health Authority. The entry for this consultee was substituted in the legislation through the Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 [SI 2013/522]. It appears from the latest copy of the legislation that the following was substituted in place of the Relevant Strategic Health Authority, “The National Health Service Commissioning Board and the relevant clinical commissioning group”. • The relevant Regional Development Agency. The entry for this consultee was revoked from the legislation through the Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 [SI 2013/522]. • Health Protection Agency. The entry for this consultee was substituted in the legislation through the Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 [SI 2013/522] and then further substitution was made through the Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 [SI 2021/978]. Therefore, this entry is now listed as “United Kingdom Health Security Agency, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care”. The above should not be read to be legal advice and you may wish to seek further guidance
