0 official agreement that something new can be built or an existing building can be changed
1 official approval from a local government authority to build something new, or to make changes to an existing building:
apply for/get/have planning permission We now have planning permission to convert and extend the 19th-century property into a training centre.
with/without/subject to planning permission Big property developers do not like buying up land without planning permission because of the risk involved.
grant/give/receive planning permission
need/require planning permission
turn down/refuse planning permission
It is also highly unlikely that a new building of the form that has been built would have received planning permission.
Planning permission was applied for and a 'grids committee' formed but progress was slow for a number of reasons.
He also began digging up the road in question before planning permission had even been granted.
On the upper deck, curiously conspicuous, was a car breaker's yard operating without planning permission.
I suggest that minicab operators should be required to obtain planning permission for their offices before they begin operating.
We have no plans to make planning permission conditional on obtaining other forms of consent.
Local authorities have always had a discretion to refuse planning permission on grounds of poor quality or design.
The scheme has huge public support and full planning permission-all the statutory orders that it needs.
