Planning permission

/plˈanɪŋ pəmˈɪʃən/

/plˈænɪŋ pɚmˈɪʃən/

[noun]

Planning permission

[NOUN]

a formal approval by a local authority to construct or change a building

Examples

1. In 2011, after a dispute over planning permissions, the families at Dale Farm were evicted, resulting in the displacement of 80 Traveller families and 45 arrests.

2. And the planning permission for the conversion was turned down because the doors, which had been there, were left.

3. And Paul Nurse, who is leading it at the Crick, when they were applying for planning permission, he wanted a very big canteen for everybody to come together.