In the United Kingdom, Local development orders were introduced with the

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. They allow

local authorities Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

to extend

permitted development The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the "GPDO 2015") is a statutory instrument (UK), statutory instrument, applying in England, that grants planning permission for certain types of development (su ...

rights for certain forms of development with regard to a relevant

local development document A local development framework is the spatial planning strategy introduced in England and Wales by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and given detail in Planning Policy Statements 12. In most parts of the two countries, maintaining th ...

Development order

The

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states that :''The Secretary of State shall by ... "development order"... provide for the granting of

planning permission Planning permission or developmental approval refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions. It is usually given in the form of a building perm ...

S59 TCPA 1990 The Town and Country Planning Act 1990c 8 is an act of the United Kingdom Parliament regulating the development of land in England and Wales. It is a central part of English land law in that it concerns town and country planning in the United ...

'' For example, this enabled the

General Permitted Development Order 1995 The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the "GPDO 2015") is a statutory instrument, applying in England, that grants planning permission for certain types of development (such development is then ref ...

, allowing the SoS to set out what is "

Permitted Development The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the "GPDO 2015") is a statutory instrument (UK), statutory instrument, applying in England, that grants planning permission for certain types of development (su ...

References

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