ABSTRACT
As explained in Chapters 8 and 10, there are some forms of development which do not require planning permission, either because they are excluded by the Act itself, or they fall within the provisions of the Use Classes Order (UCO) 1987 or the General (Permitted Development) Order (GPDO) 1995. A person who is contemplating carrying out ‘development’ is, therefore, first advised to check whether the proposal actually requires planning permission by consulting these documents, or by seeking independent professional advice, or that of the local planning authority. In particularly complicated cases it is also possible to make a formal request for a determination by the submission of an application for a certificate of lawfulness (see Chapter 6, para 6.4).
