Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 2008 of 1998). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Land-use planning Authorization/permit Institution Protected area Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations amend, in relation to England and Wales, the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, by excluding from the ambit of regulation 9 those planning authorities which are the sole local authority for their area, so that they may grant themselves permission which enures for the benefit of the land. Regulation 9 (effect of planning permission) of the principal Regulations provides an exception to the rule that planning permission enures for the benefit of the land. Where an interested planning authority grants itself planning permission for its own development, the permission enures only for the benefit of the authority or, in the case of joint development, the authority and the other person(s) specified in the application for planning permission as the joint developer. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 1492 of 1992). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1992 Keyword: Land-use planning, Expropriation, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX