{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of “development”",
  "text": "(1) This Chapter applies for the purposes of this Act (except Chapter 2 of Part 6).\n(2) “Development” means—\n(a) carrying out operations on land (see section 4), or\n(b) making a material change in the use of land (see section 5).\n(3) This is subject to section 6 (operations and changes in use that are not development).\n(4) In this Chapter references to use of land do not include use for carrying out operations on the land.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+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."
}