# The Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015, Regulation 6: Duration of order granting development consent

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Development for which development consent is granted must be begun before the end of a period of five years beginning on the date on which the order granting development consent is made.
(2) Where an order granting development consent authorises the compulsory acquisition of land, and a notice to treat is served under section 5 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 or in Scotland under section 17 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845, that notice must be served before the end of a period of five years beginning on the date on which the order granting development consent is made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/462/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-interested-parties-and-miscellaneous-prescribed-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-6
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