Planning and Development Act 2024
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Outline permission | ||
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96. (1) An application under section 95 may be made to a planning authority for permission (in this section referred to as “outline permission”) for development consisting of not more than 4 housing units (other than a housing unit that is a protected structure). | ||
(2) An outline permission shall not operate to authorise the carrying out of any development. | ||
(3) An outline permission shall cease to have effect on the expiration of— | ||
(a) 3 years, or | ||
(b) such longer period (not exceeding 5 years) as may be specified by the planning authority, | ||
from the date of the grant of outline permission. | ||
(4) A planning authority shall not refuse to grant full permission for development in respect of which outline planning permission was granted on any ground that the planning authority decided was not a ground for refusal of the outline permission, provided that the planning authority is satisfied that the proposed development would not contravene the outline permission. | ||
(5) An appeal under section 103 from a decision of a planning authority to grant full permission for development in respect of which outline permission was granted shall not be granted on any ground that the planning authority decided was not a ground for refusal of the outline permission. | ||
(6) The period of duration of a full permission for development shall be deemed to have commenced on the date of the grant of the outline permission for that development. | ||
(7) A planning authority shall not grant outline permission for development in respect of which an appropriate assessment or environmental impact assessment is required in accordance with Part 6 . | ||
(8) A reference in this Chapter (other than sections 89 , 91 , 92 and 101 ) to permission includes a reference to outline permission. | ||
(9) Regulations under subsection (2) of section 95 may prescribe different documentation for an application for outline permission and an application for full permission. | ||
(10) Outline permission granted under section 36 of the Act of 2000 shall, on and after the repeal of that section by section 6 , be deemed to be outline permission granted under this section, and accordingly this section (other than subsection (1)) shall apply in respect of that outline permission. | ||
(11) In this section— | ||
“full permission” means permission (other than outline permission) for development granted under section 98 upon an application under section 95 made before an outline permission granted for that development ceases to have effect; | ||
“outline permission” means permission granted in principle under section 98 for development on land, subject to the making of a subsequent application for, and grant of, full permission for that development. |