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- ↑ "Joint Committee of the National Amenity Societies". www.jcnas.org.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "Online Casework Hub". casework.jcnas.org.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "Schedule 4 (s)", The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, www.legislation.gov.uk, 18 March 2015, retrieved 5 August 2015
- ↑ "Review of Westminster's Amenity Societies" (PDF). City of Westminster. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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