Clause 25

An applicant for planning permission or conservation permission who desires to commence preliminary works before the grant of the permission, may apply in the first instance for that permission as a provisional permission.(2) Subject to any rules, the competent authority may —

grant the provisional permission, either unconditionally or subject to any conditions the competent authority considers fit; or

refuse to grant the provisional permission.(3) Where, subsequent to the grant of provisional permission, an application for planning permission or conservation permission is made during the validity period of the provisional permission, the application is to be determined on the basis of the further details supplied on that subsequent application.(4) For the purposes of this section —

section 13 applies with the necessary modifications to an application for provisional permission as it applies to an application for written permission, except that a different form and manner may be prescribed for the making of an application for provisional permission;

sections 14, 14A, 21 and 22 apply with the necessary modifications to an application for provisional permission as they apply to an application for written permission;

sections 14(5), 14A, 19, 21 and 22 apply with the necessary modifications to a grant of provisional permission under this section, as they apply to a grant of written permission;

section 17(2) and (3) applies to a grant of provisional permission under this section as it applies to a grant of provisional permission under section 17(1); and

to avoid doubt, section 17(4) does not apply to a grant of provisional permission under this section.”.