{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-permission-in-principle-order-2017/article-5A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/402",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-permission-in-principle-order-2017",
  "path": "article/5A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Permission in principle",
  "text": "(1) A local planning authority may grant permission in principle on an application to the authority in accordance with the provisions of this Order.\n(2) Subject to article 5B, for the purposes of section 59A(1)(b) of the 1990 Act, the description of development in relation to which a local planning authority may grant permission in principle is residential development of land.\n(3) When granting permission in principle under paragraph (1) the local planning authority must—\n(a) in relation to the housing development, specify the minimum and maximum net number of dwellings which are, in principle, permitted; and\n(b) in relation to the non-housing development (if any is, in principle, permitted), specify the scale of any such development which is, in principle, permitted and the use to which it may be put.\n(4) In this article—\n“maximum net number of dwellings” means the maximum number of dwellings on the land after the proposed development less the number of dwellings on the land immediately prior to the date the application for permission in principle is submitted; and\n“minimum net number of dwellings” means the minimum number of dwellings on the land after the proposed development less the number of dwellings on the land immediately prior to the date the application for permission in principle is submitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2A inserted (1.6.2018) by The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1309), arts. 1, 4"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/402/article/5A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:43.491845+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."
}