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Section 114: Grant or refusal of development consent

Planning Act 2008 · 2008 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 6: Deciding applications for orders granting development consent — Chapter 8: Grant or refusal

When the Secretary of State has decided an application for an order granting development consent, the Secretary of State must either—

make an order granting development consent, or
refuse development consent.

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision regulating the procedure to be followed if the Secretary of State proposes to make an order granting development consent on terms which are materially different from those proposed in the application.

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