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Considers responses to question 3 to the Government's consultation on the reform of the application process governing the stopping up and diversion of highways under Sections 247 and 248 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. This question sought views on the proposal to introduce a concurrent process to allow applications for stopping up or diversion orders to be considered alongside planning applications - known as option 1.
Related to the following: Stopping up and diversion orders: reform of the application process for local highways. Consultation paper; and Streamlining the application process on stopping up and diversion orders - impact assessment (both DFT, 2012); Government response - stopping up and diversion orders: reform of the application process for local highways and Stopping up orders under the part x of the Town and country planning act 1990 (both DFT, 2013). This document has been archived by its original publisher.
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