planning

Verb

plan (third-person singular simple present plans, present participle planning, simple past and past participle planned)

1. (transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
   • The architect planned the building for the client.
2. (transitive) To create a plan for.
   • They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
3. (intransitive) To intend.
   • He planned to go, but work intervened.
4. (intransitive) To make a plan.
   • They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.

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Noun

planning permission (countable and uncountable, plural planning permissions)

1. (UK) Legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land.
   • If I am not sure whether what I want to do needs planning permission, how can I find out? You can write to your Local Planning Authority and ask them to give you a ruling (or, as the Act [the Town and Country Planning Act 1947] calls it, a 'determination') whether you need planning permission or...1949, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Central Office of Information (Great Britain), Town and Country Planning: The 1947 Act; 144 Questions and Answers, number 9, London: His Majesty’s...

   Synonyms:

   building permit, construction permit, PP