Planning Permission in Principle - note 1

Extract

On 3rd August 2009 outline planning permission was replaced by ‘applications for planning permission in principle’. The purpose of such an application is to establish whether the principle of developing a piece of land is acceptable without preparing detailed plans.

Planning permission in principle alone does not give you a right to go ahead with the proposal as conditions will be attached setting out what further details require to be approved by way of a further application before work can start - approval of matters specified in conditions.

If the proposal is sensitive it is possible that details will be required before a decision is reached.

Source here and see also Circular 4 2009 here