Contains provisions relating to permitted development - for example specific operational development or certain changes from one use class to another, say restaurants to shops.

A condition that prevents the start of a development until off-site works have been completed on land not controlled by the applicant.

The area of rural land surrounding a town or city in which development is strictly controlled to prevent urban sprawl. The most firmly established protectionist planning policy - sacrosanct in the eyes of most local planning authorities and residents. To develop in the green belt, exceptional circumstances must be shown.

Development likely to generate large amounts of car journeys is "encouraged" (imposed by means of planning obligations) to adopt a GTP to minimise such impact and encourage the use of sustainable transport patterns.