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Within the UK the occupier of any land or building will need title to that land or building (i.e. "ownership"), but will also need "planning title" or planning permission. Planning title was granted for all pre-existing uses and buildings by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 , which came into effect on 1 July 1948.
Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions. [1] [2] House building permits, for example, are subject to building codes. There is also a "plan check" (PLCK) to check compliance with plans for the area ...
Warehouse conversion to flats in Hull. Development of this type is sometimes allowed under the GPDO. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the "GPDO 2015") is a statutory instrument, applying in England, that grants planning permission for certain types of development without the requirement for approval from the local planning authority (such ...
Development Management (DM), formerly known as planning control, or development control, is the element of the United Kingdom's system of town and country planning through which local government or the Secretary of State, regulates land use and new building, i.e. development.
A local planning authority (LPA) [1] is the local government body that is empowered by law to exercise urban planning functions for a particular area. They exist in the United Kingdom and India . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Mr Justice Holgate said arguments in favour of supporting the decision to grant planning permission for the site at Whitehaven were ‘unsustainable’.
A key part of planning control is exercised in the UK by preventing any significant development of property without permission by the local authority. In Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, under section 59 the Secretary of State delegates to public bodies the right to grant planning permission.
In planning terms they are described as being sui generis. In consequence, a planning application will be required for a change of use from a dwellinghouse to a large house in multiple occupation or from a Class C4 house in multiple occupation to a large house in multiple occupation where a material change of use is considered to have taken place.