(1)If any person who proposes to carry out any operations on land, or to make any change in the use of land—
(a)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, and
(b)if so, whether an application for planning permission in respect of it is required under this Part (having regard to the provisions of any development order, enterprise zone scheme or simplified planning zone scheme),
he may apply to the local planning authority to determine that question.
(2)An application under subsection (1) may be made either as part of an application for planning permission or without any such application.
(3)The provisions of sections 59, 69(1), (2) and (5), 70, 74, 77, 78 and 79 shall, subject to any necessary modifications, apply in relation to any application under this section, and to the determination of it, as they apply in relation to applications for planning permission and to the determination of such applications.