Development Planning Act (Cap. 552)
Development Planning Act (Cap. 552), article 80
80. (1) The Planning Board may, only in:
(a) the cases of fraud; or
(b) the submission of any information, declaration or plan
which is incorrect or does not reflect the situation on
site; or
(c) where there is an error on the face of the record; or
(d) where public safety is concerned,
by a decision revoke or modify any development permission
granted under this Act, including any clearance issued by the
Planning Board under an Order, stating in such decision its reasons
for so doing and indicating in a clear manner the legal basis f or the
revocation.
Upon any such request made by any person to revoke or
modify a permission in terms of this Act, or out of its own mot ion,
the Executive Chairperson must prepare his recommendations to
the Planning Board as to whether the development permission
should be revoked or modified and invite both the applicant and the
person making the request, if any, to make written submissions.
The Planning Board shall communicate the date and time of
its hearing to the applicant and to the interested person makin g the
request under this article, if any. During such hearing the Pla nning
Board shall also hear the said applicant’s submissions, if the latter
opts to attend, the interested person’s submissions, if any, an d any
other person’s submissions:
Provided that the Executive Chairperson may in relation to
any development permission, including any clearance issued unde r
an Order after the date of coming into force of this Act, comme nce
proceedings to revoke or modify any such development permission ,
including any clearance issued by the Planning Board under an
Order, within five years from the date of issuing of the
development permission, including any clearance issued under an
Order.
(2) For the purposes of sub-article (1):
"fraud" means the submission to the Planning Board of any
information, declaration or plan on the basis of which the Plan ning
Board has approved a development permission, where such
information, declaration or plan is false;
"incorrect information, declaration or plan" means the
submission to the Planning Board of any information, declaratio n
or plan on the basis of which the Planning Board has approved a
development permission, where such information, declaration or
plan does not reflect the situation on site or is erroneous or
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mistaken;
"error on the face of the record" means an error made by the
Planning Board in reaching a decision and such error is apparen t
from the records of its proceedings:
Provided that the Planning Board shall not revoke or
modify a development permission on the basis of fraud or incorr ect
information, declaration or plan or error on the face of the re cord,
where such circumstance did not have a material bearing on the
issuing of the development permission in such a manner that had
the correct information been available at the time of the decision
the outcome would not have been different.
(3) The applicant, or the interested person making a request
under this article shall, if he feels aggrieved by the decision taken
by the Planning Board, have a right to appeal the Planning Boar d’s
decision to the Tribunal within thirty days from the date of th e
hearing when the decision was taken.
(4) No compensation may be demanded from the Authority
when it acts under the provisions of sub-article (1) where the
reason for the revocation or a modification of a development
permission is based on fraud, incorrect information, declaration or
plan, or error on the face of the record or for considerations of
public safety.
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