planning permission

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplænɪŋ pəˈmɪʃən/
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• General-American: /ˈplænɪŋ pɚˈmɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -ɪʃən
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The term was possibly introduced by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 (10 & 11 George VI, chapter 51) of the United Kingdom.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: omgevingsvergunning — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Dutch: bouwvergunning — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Finnish: rakennuslupa — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• French: permis de construire — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• German: Baugenehmigung — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• German: Baubewilligung — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Greek: οικοδομική άδεια (oikodomikí ádeia) — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Hungarian: építési engedély — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Italian: permesso di costruire — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Japanese: 開発許可制度 — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Polish: projekt budowlany — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Russian: исхо́дно-разреши́тельная документа́ция (isxódno-razrešítelʹnaja dokumentácija) — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Scottish Gaelic: cead-dealbhachaidh — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Scottish Gaelic: cead-dealbhaidh — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Scottish Gaelic: cead-planaidh — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Serbo-Croatian: građevinska dozvola — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Swedish: bygglov — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Swedish: byggnadslov — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land
• Turkish: inşaat ruhsatı — legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land