(Britain, construction, law) Legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land.
If I am not sure whether what I want to do needs planning permission, how can I find out? You can write to your Local Planning Authority and ask them to give you a ruling (or, as the Act [the Town and Country Planning Act 1947] calls it,…
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This curiously constructed house in Teighmouth, with quite amazing woodclad ceilings, is described as being "built in the late 1970s" however the planning permission to build two dwellings on its plot is dated 1988.…
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“Homeowner who put up fence with no planning permission must reduce or remove it”
“This curiously constructed house in Teighmouth, with quite amazing woodclad ceilings, is described as being "built in the late 1970s" however the planning permission to build two dwellings on its plot is dated 1988. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/8...”
“Would Green councils grant planning permission for these monstrosities?”
“The same for the felling of trees immediately required for the purpose of carrying out development that is authorised by the approval of full planning permission, or is allowed as permitted development”
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