Prospective
(1)Any person may apply to a planning authority for a certificate confirming that—
(a)a proposed use of land in the area of the authority would be lawful, or
(b)operations proposed to be carried out on land in its area would be lawful.
(2)The authority must issue a certificate if it is provided with information that satisfies it that the use or operations described in the application would have been lawful if they had started on the same day as the application was made.
(3)In any other case, the authority must refuse the application.
(4)A certificate issued under this section is conclusive of the lawfulness of the use or operations to which it relates, unless there is a material change in any matter relevant to their lawfulness between the day the application for the certificate is made and the day the use or operations start.
Commencement Information
I1S. 157 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)