Section 139: Common land and rights of common

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

Part 7: Orders granting development consent — Chapter 1: Content of orders

An order granting development consent may not include provision the effect of which is to exclude or modify the application of a provision of or made under the Commons Act 2006, except in accordance with section 131 or 132.

For the purposes of section 38(6)(a) of the Commons Act 2006, works carried out under a power conferred by an order granting development consent are not to be taken to be carried out under a power conferred by or under an enactment, except in a case to which section 131 or 132 applies.

An order granting development consent may not authorise the suspension of, or extinguishment or interference with, registered rights of common, except in accordance with section 131 or 132.

"Registered rights of common" means rights of common registered under—

the Commons Act 2006, or
the Commons Registration Act 1965.

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