
1 
This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 18th August 1988.
2 
The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977 shall be amended by substituting, for article 10(2), the following—“
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may in particular give directions—
(a) that particular proposed development of a description set out in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 is exempted from the application of those Regulations;
(b) as to whether particular proposed development is or is not development in respect of which those Regulations require the consideration of environ-mental information (defined in those Regulations) before planning permission can be granted; or
(c) that development of any class described in the direction is development in respect of which those Regulations require the consideration of such information before such permission can be granted. 
(3) A local planning authority shall deal with applications for planning permission for development to which a direction given under this article applies in such manner as to give effect to the direction.”.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
19th July 1988Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
21st July 1988