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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/627",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Presence of established substances",
  "text": "Hazardous substances consent is not required in relation to a hazardous substance which is on, over or under any land (“the relevant substance”) if—\n(a) the relevant substance was present on, over or under the land at any time during the establishment period;\n(b) hazardous substances consent was not required for the presence of the relevant substance at the time it was present during the establishment period; and\n(c) hazardous substances consent would have been required for the presence of the relevant substance had these Regulations been in force at that time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/627/schedule/2/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:43:23.974380+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}