# The Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026, Paragraph 2: Ground 1 (expiry of commitment)


(1) One or more of the following apply—
(a) if the relevant development is to be authorised by planning permission, an application for planning permission is not made before the end of the relevant period;
(b) if the relevant development—
(i) began before Natural England accepted the request to pay, and
(ii) requires a consent, permission or other authorisation which was not in place when Natural England accepted the request to pay and to which a disapplication of an environmental obligation would apply,
an application for at least one such consent, permission or other authorisation, including by way of a modification or variation of an existing consent, permission or other authorisation, is not made before the end of the relevant period.
(2) In this paragraph, “the relevant period” means the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the request to pay was accepted by Natural England.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348284379/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-nature-restoration-levy-regulations-2026/schedule/paragraph-2
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