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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/29",
  "legislation_title": "Planning Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "When development consent is required",
  "text": "(1) Consent under this Act (“development consent”) is required for development to the extent that the development is or forms part of a nationally significant infrastructure project.\n(2) But see section 35B (power for the Secretary of State to give a direction disapplying the requirement for development consent).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 31 renumbered as s. 31(1) (24.7.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 4(2)(a), 118(1)(c) (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/641, reg. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 31(2) inserted (24.7.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 4(2)(b), 118(1)(c) (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/641, reg. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at 1.3.2010 by S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(c) (with art. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:38.131823+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}