Section 3
Section 3
(2)
No person shall erect any building unless approval in respect of the site plan has been granted by the competent planning authority under section 8(4).
(3)
An appeal against—
(a)
the direction of the local authority made under section 8(7) or (8) may be made to the appropriate Minister responsible for that authority; or
(b)
the decision of the competent planning authority made under section 8(4) may be in accordance with rules made under section 248 of the Land Code, within one month from the date of the communication of such direction or decision to him.
(4)
After hearing the appeal, the appropriate Minister responsible for that local authority or the Minister responsible for town and country planning, as the case may be, against whose direction or decision the appeal is made, may make an order—
(a)
confirming the direction of the local authority or the decision of the competent planning authority, and dismissing the appeal;
(b)
allowing the appeal by directing the local authority or the competent planning authority to grant approval to the building plan absolutely or subject to such conditions as the appropriate
Minister thinks fit; or
(c)
allowing the appeal by directing the local authority or the competent planning authority to remove or modify any condition subject to which the plan has been approved by the local authority or by the competent planning authority or to replace the condition with such other condition as the appropriate
Minister thinks fit.
(5)
The decision of any of the Ministers referred to in subsection (4) shall be final and shall not be subject to any appeal in any court.