Planning permission duration ?

[Agile]

Does anybody know the up to date length for which a PP is active when:-

1. PP is obtained following a routine application.

2. PP is obtained on appeal.

 

[hotrod]

5 years. Unless, otherwise specified as a condition as part of the granted permission.

 

[^woody^]

There is no difference for appeals and it's typically 3 years for both, but under the current economic climate 5 years is/may be being specified to allow jobs put on hold to start later

 

[Agile]

There is no difference for appeals and it's typically 3 years for both, but under the current economic climate 5 years is/may be being specified to allow jobs put on hold to start later

It was changed to three years from five years for regular applications some time ago but I was not sure about the appeal because someone suggested it was only two years!

Woody, where is it being considered about extending the time period?

How does one apply to extend an application approved on appeal?

Tony

 

[^woody^]

If not already done so, the Government will consider the extension to five years and send out a circular to the local councils.

A decision on appeal is exactly the same as a decision from the council and the same time limits will apply

The only way to extend the permission would be to re-apply or make a "significant" start - eg lay foundations, and then there is no time limit to complete