Clifford Chance

Planning Reform: Deemed Discharge of Planning Conditions to go ahead

7 November 2014

The Government plans to introduce a regime for "deemed discharge" of certain planning conditions. In some cases, this should help to unblock delays in the planning process. It remains to be seen whether this will also result in more early refusals of applications for approval under planning conditions to avoid the deemed discharge occurring. The detailed drafting of regulations will need to be scrutinised to identify the extent to which there will be uncertainty over the operation of the deemed discharges and the potential for dispute.

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