{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Power of planning authority to grant permission by local development order",
  "text": "(1) A planning authority may by order (a “local development order”) grant planning permission for—\n(a) specified development;\n(b) development of a specified description.\n(2) A local development order may relate to—\n(a) all land in the authority’s area;\n(b) land in a specified part of the authority’s area;\n(c) specified land in the authority’s area.\n(3) A local development order may grant planning permission subject to specified conditions or limitations.\n(4) Where a local development order grants planning permission for development of a specified description, it may enable the planning authority to direct that the permission does not apply to—\n(a) development in a particular area, or\n(b) a particular development.\n(5) A local development order may make different provision for different purposes and for different areas.\n(6) Regulations may specify an area or description of development in respect of which a local development order must not be made.\n(7) A local development order has effect only so far as it is adopted by a resolution of the planning authority that prepared it.\n(8) Schedule 1 makes further provision about local development orders (including provision for their preparation, revision and revocation).\n(9) In subsections (1) to (4) “specified” means specified in the local development order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 45 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/45",
    "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."
}