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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-permission-in-principle-order-2017/article-5P",
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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/5P",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5P",
  "heading": "Directions by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may give directions restricting the grant of permission in principle by a local planning authority, either indefinitely or during such a period as may be specified in the directions, in respect of any development or in respect of development of any class so specified.\n(2) A local planning authority must deal with applications for permission in principle for development to which a direction given under paragraph (1) applies, in such manner as to give effect to the direction.",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/402/article/5P",
    "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."
}