Minor amendment (UK Planning)
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Minor Amendments were insignificant variation in a detail and details of an Planning permission
which would not raise any new issues which would warrant the submission of a fresh Planning application.
They would allow for small changes to be made often as a result of modifications arising for practical reasons during the course of construction.
Many local authorities had established protocols for dealing with such amendments.
The legal basis upon which this is allowed has recently been challenged in Case law
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Notably:-
Planning permission
Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on land, or change the use of land or buildings. Within the UK the occupier of any land or building will need title to that land or building , but will also need "planning...
which would not raise any new issues which would warrant the submission of a fresh Planning application.
They would allow for small changes to be made often as a result of modifications arising for practical reasons during the course of construction.
Many local authorities had established protocols for dealing with such amendments.
The legal basis upon which this is allowed has recently been challenged in Case law
Case law
In law, case law is the set of reported judicial decisions of selected appellate courts and other courts of first instance which make new interpretations of the law and, therefore, can be cited as precedents in a process known as stare decisis...
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Notably:-
- Reprotech (Pebsham) Ltd v East Sussex CC (Lords)
- Henry Boot Homes Ltd v Bassetlaw DC (Court of Appeal)
- Sage v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lords)
- Pioneer Aggregates Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1985] 1AC