{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-58",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990/section-58.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1990",
  "path": "section/58",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "Granting of planning permission: general.",
  "text": "(1) Planning permission may be granted—\n(a) by a development order , a local development order or a neighbourhood development order;\n(b) by the local planning authority (or, in the cases provided in this Part, by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers) on application to the authority (or, in the cases provided in this Part, on application to the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers) in accordance with a development order;\n(c) on the adoption or approval of a simplified planning zone scheme or alterations to such a scheme in accordance with section 82 or, as the case may be, section 86; or\n(d) on the designation of an enterprise zone or the approval of a modified scheme under Schedule 32 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 in accordance with section 88 of this Act.\n(e) by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of sections 293B to 293J.\n(2) Planning permission may also be deemed to be granted under section 90 (development with government authorisation).\n(3) This section is without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act providing for the granting of permission.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 58(1)(a) substituted (15.11.2011 for specified purposes, 15.1.2012 for specified purposes, 6.4.2012 for specified purposes, 3.8.2012 for specified purposes, 6.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(5)(j), Sch. 12 para. 4; S.I. 2012/57, art. 4(1)(h) (with arts. 6, 7, 9-11); S.I. 2012/628, art. 8(a) (with arts. 9, 12, 13, 16, 18-20) (as amended (3.8.2012) by S.I. 2012/2029, arts. 2, 4); S.I. 2012/2029, arts. 2, 3(a) (with art. 5) (as amended (6.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/797, art. 4); S.I. 2013/797, arts. 1(2), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 58(1)(b) inserted (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 for specified purposes) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 4 para. 2(a); S.I. 2016/52, art. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 58(1)(b) inserted (9.5.2013 for E. for specified purposes, 1.10.2013 for specified purposes, 1.10.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), s. 35(1), Sch. 1 para. 3; S.I. 2013/1124, art. 2; S.I. 2013/2143, art. 2(1)(a); S.I. 2014/1531, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 58(1)(b) inserted (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 for specified purposes) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 4 para. 2(b); S.I. 2016/52, art. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 58(1)(e) inserted (1.5.2025) by The Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/418), regs. 1(3), 13(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1980 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 58(1)(b) excluded (17.12.1996) by 1996 c. ix, s. 10(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2023/55",
      "affecting_title": "Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2015/7",
      "affecting_title": "Infrastructure Act 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/58",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:00.269643+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."
}