Version Superseded: 27/04/2022
Point in time view as at 09/01/2019. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Planning Act 2008, Section 160 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A person commits an offence if the person carries out, or causes to be carried out, development for which development consent is required at a time when no development consent is in force in respect of the development.
(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable[F1—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000, or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.] [F1on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine]
(3)[F2The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (2)(a) to increase the level of the fine for the time being specified in that provision.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 160(2) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 41(2)(a) (with reg. 5(1))
F2S. 160(3) omitted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by virtue of The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 41(2)(b) (with reg. 5(1))
Commencement Information
I1S. 160 partly in force; s. 160 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 241
I2S. 160 in force at 1.3.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(j) (with art. 6)
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.
Would you like to continue?
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
