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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 subject to...
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 Planning Act 1990...
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 the payment of...
Statutory time limits for implementing planning permission Planning permissions do not last forever. Sections 91 and 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA...
Ability to vary a planning permission once granted Once planning permission is granted, the development which it authorises must take place in accordance with the...
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 Part VII of...
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 of any...
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 planning permission...
Introduction There are a large number of statutory provisions which grant compulsory purchase powers for specific purposes to specified bodies, see Compulsory...
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 authorities to maintain...
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 'stopped up' it...
Who can apply? Anyone can make a planning application; the applicant does not need to own the land. Full or outline planning applications Outline planning applications An...
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 remain in...
Introduction Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HPA 2016) confers powers to override easements and other rights benefitting adjoining land in connection...
Legislation and guidance The statutory requirements relating to the determination of planning applications are set out in: • the Town and Country Planning (Development...
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 of any...
