Planning Act 2008 · 2008 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk
Part 7: Orders granting development consent — Chapter 3: General
For the purposes of this Act (except Part 11) development is taken to begin on the earliest date on which any material operation comprised in, or carried out for the purposes of, the development begins to be carried out.
"Material operation" means any operation except an operation of a prescribed description.
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