Town and country planning

33.—(1) (a) This paragraph shall apply where any area is transferred from a county, district or London borough or from Greater London, the City, the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple.

(b)Any development plan scheme under section 10C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 shall cease to have effect in relation to the area transferred.

(c)Regulation 7 shall apply to anything required by the said Act to be done in the preparation or the submission for approval of any structure plan or local plan.

(d)That part of any definitive map and statement under Part IV of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 which relates to the area transferred shall be deemed to be the definitive map and statement for such area and to have been prepared by the surveying authority for the area to which such area is transferred.

(2) Any industrial development certificate under section 67 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or office development permit under section 74 of that Act issued in respect of any land in a relevant area which is altered or abolished by the order shall continue on and after the appointed day to have effect as if the order had not been made.

In this paragraph, “relevant area” means a district or London borough or the City and the Temples.