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  • Development Management Practice Note 3: Meaning of Development & the Requirement for Planning Permission

    Topics:
    • Planning, 
    • Planning Guidance

    Date published: 17 May 2016

    The Department for Infrastructure has today issued Development Management Practice Note 3: Meaning of Development and the Requirement for Planning Permission.

    It is designed to guide planning officers and relevant users through the fundamental legislative provisions regarding what is development and the requirement for planning permission.

    This and other practice notes can be accessed under the Planning Guidance section.

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