Section 72: Conditional grant of planning permission., Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Without prejudice to the generality of section 70(1), conditions may be imposed on the grant of planning permission under that section—

for regulating the development or use of any land under the control of the applicant (whether or not it is land in respect of which the application was made) or requiring the carrying out of works on any such land, so far as appears to the local planning authority to be expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the development authorised by the permission;

for requiring the removal of any buildings or works authorised by the permission, or the discontinuance of any use of land so authorised, at the end of a specified period, and the carrying out of any works required for the reinstatement of land at the end of that period.

A planning permission granted subject to such a condition as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is in this Act referred to as "planning permission granted for a limited period".

Where—

planning permission is granted for development consisting of or including the carrying out of building or other operations subject to a condition that the operations shall be commenced not later than a time specified in the condition; and

any building or other operations are commenced after the time so specified,

the commencement and carrying out of those operations do not constitute development for which that permission was granted.

Subsection (3)(a) does not apply to a condition attached to the planning permission by or under section 91 or 92.

Part I of Schedule 5 shall have effect for the purpose of making special provision with respect to the conditions which may be imposed on the grant of planning permission for development consisting of the winning and working of minerals or involving the depositing of refuse or waste materials, and subsection (2) has effect subject to paragraph 1(6)(a) of that Schedule.

See also section 100ZA, which makes provision about restrictions on the power to impose conditions by virtue of this section on a grant of planning permission in relation to land in England.

Section 72: Conditional grant of planning permission.

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