(1)If any person who proposes to carry out any operations on land, or to make any change in the use of land, wishes to have it determined whether the carrying out of those operations, or the making of that change, would constitute or involve development of the land, he may, either as part of an application for planning permission, or without any such application, apply to the local planning authority to determine that question.
(2)The provisions of sections 21, 26(1), 28(1), 31(2) and (4) and 32 to 34 of this Act shall, subject to any necessary modifications, apply in relation to any application under this section, and to the determination thereof, as they apply in relation to applications for planning permission and to the determination of such applications.
(3)Where it is decided by the Secretary of State under any of the said provisions that any operations or use to which an application under this section relates would constitute or involve development, that decision shall not be final for the purposes of any appeal under the provisions of this Act relating to the enforcement of planning control, in relation to those operations or that use.