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"dg" wrote in message
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You do not need planning permission for any development if you are certain
that the planning authority would have given permission - there is no legal
obligation for you to apply. You do not need to apply for retrospective
permission either despite what local authorities will tell you.

Since the granting of planning permission is a subjective process
(although claimed to be objective by planning authorities) how can
anyone be certain that a planning authority would have given
permission? I personally know of many perverse decisions that have
been made in my locale.

If you are requested by the planning authority to seek retrospective
permission, and decline to do so, then, surely, the planning authority
will seek enforcement if it thinks the unauthorised development
warrants such action, or the authority wants to punish an offender?