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Breach of planning control and enforcement action For the purposes of Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), a breach of planning control is...
The making of 'any material change in the use of any buildings or other land’ is ‘development’ for the purposes of section 55 of the Town and Country...
Context The compulsory purchase system is based on the principle that an owner of land or rights compulsorily acquired or interfered with is entitled to...
Statutory time limits for implementing planning permission Planning permissions do not last forever. Sections 91 and 92 of the Town and Country Planning...
Ability to vary a planning permission once granted Once planning permission is granted, the development which it authorises must take place in accordance...
Where it appears to a local planning authority (LPA) that a breach of planning control has occurred, it has discretion to take enforcement action pursuant to...
Control of development Pursuant to section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), planning permission is required for ‘the carrying out...
Works to trees Generally, work to trees does not constitute development under section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) so that...
Introduction There are a large number of statutory provisions which grant compulsory purchase powers for specific purposes to specified bodies, see...
Powers to adopt The Highways Act 1980 (HiA 1980): gives highway authorities the power to adopt new highways by agreement, places a duty on highway...
Purpose Highways can be stopped up if the area of highway is no longer needed, or when the land is needed for a development to take place. When a road is...
Who can apply? Anyone can make a planning application; the applicant does not need to own the land. Full or outline planning applications Outline...
Public rights of way (PROW) are highways that allow the public a legal right of passage. They have the same status and protection in law as highways and...
Brexit impact This content is likely to be impacted by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. For further information on the implications of leaving the EU for...
Legislation and guidance The statutory requirements relating to the determination of planning applications are set out in: • the Town and Country...
Definition of development Planning permission is required for the development of land.TCPA 1990, s 57 Development is defined in the Town and Country...
