# Water Resources Act 1991, Section 183: Saving for planning controls etc.

Extent: E+W

(1) Without prejudice to the operation of section 90 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (planning permission deemed to be granted in certain cases) in relation to any provision made by or under this Act or any other enactment which by virtue of this Act or the Water Act 1989 relates to the functions of the appropriate agency, nothing in this Act or in any such enactment shall be construed as authorising the carrying out of any development (within the meaning of that Act of 1990) without the grant of such planning permission as may be required by that Act of 1990.
(2) Nothing in the flood defence provisions of this Act shall authorise any person to carry out any works or do anything in contravention of any of the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaelogical Areas Act 1979.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/57/section/183 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/section-183
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