NMA and MMAs?

[Alan Ambrose]

I thought I would start this thread as I've recently started to grips with Non-Material and Minor-Material amendments. This is what I think I've learnt:

 

+ NMAs (section 96A) are called just that on the Planning Portal, MMAs (section 73) are dealt with by Variation of Condition - probably the condition that adopted your drawings.

+ Your LPA decides what is an NMA, and therefore they can refuse them pretty much as they want - there is no appeal. Similar for MMAs, but they can be appealed.

 

BTW there's a government doc here: Annex A: summary comparison table - but it's seriously out of date.

 

These are the questions that I have:

 

+ It's not clear to me whether with a MMA you need to re-apply for CIL exemption?

+ Is there any point to NMAs? It seems to me that if you're confident it will be accepted, then you might just as well make the amendment and then apply retrospectively if the changes are challenged.

+ Similarly, if you think there's any risk to an NMA, then you might just as well save yourself some time and go for an MMA - at least you can appeal that straight away.