PART 1E+WINTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 2E+W“DEVELOPMENT” AND RELATED DEFINITIONS

3Meaning of “development”E+W

(1)This Chapter applies for the purposes of this Act (except Chapter 2 of Part 6).

(2)Development” means—

(a)carrying out operations on land (see section 4), or

(b)making a material change in the use of land (see section 5).

(3)This is subject to section 6 (operations and changes in use that are not development).

(4)In this Chapter references to use of land do not include use for carrying out operations on the land.

Commencement Information

I1S. 3 in force at 28.4.2026, see s. 409(1)(a)