Part III Control over Development

Applications for planning permission

33 Planning permission for development already carried out.

1

On an application made to a planning authority, the planning permission which may be granted includes planning permission for development carried out before the date of the application.

2

Subsection (1) applies to development carried out—

a

without planning permission,

b

in accordance with planning permission granted for a limited period, or

c

without complying with some condition subject to which planning permission was granted.

3

Planning permission for such development may be granted so as to have effect from—

a

the date on which the development was carried out, or

b

if it was carried out in accordance with planning permission granted for a limited period, the end of that period.