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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/29",
  "legislation_title": "Flood and Water Management Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph provides two approaches for applying for approval required by paragraph 7.\n(2) If the construction work does not require planning permission, the application for approval under paragraph 7 must be made in accordance with paragraph 9.\n(3) If the construction work requires planning permission, the application for approval under paragraph 7 may be—\n(a) made in accordance with paragraph 9, or\n(b) combined with the application for planning permission in accordance with paragraph 10.\n(4) “Planning permission” means planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.",
  "extent": null,
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 2.5.2018 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2018/557, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 7.1.2019 for W. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2018/557, art. 3(b)"
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      "affecting_title": "Water Act 2014"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:54.061019+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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