{"id":45,"date":"2014-10-07T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T15:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:45:54","slug":"alter-an-existing-planning-permission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/apply-for-planning-permission\/alter-an-existing-planning-permission\/","title":{"rendered":"Alter an existing planning permission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-material amendment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a grant of planning permission, it may be necessary to make amendments to the permission. Where these amendments are considered to be non-material, an application to Devon County Council can be made <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planningportal.co.uk\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online at the Planning Portal<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no statutory definition of what constitutes a non-material amendment, and&nbsp;an amendment which may be non-material in one case could be considered material in another. Overall, we must be satisfied that any amendments sought are non-material in order to grant an application. If you are in any doubt we would encourage you to seek pre-application advice by using&nbsp;our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/get-help-template\">pre-application request form<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your proposed amendment is not considered to be non-material, then a variation of condition application or a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/apply-for-planning-permission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full planning application<\/a><\/strong> will be required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Variation of conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An application can be made under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary or remove conditions associated with a planning permission. One of the uses of a section 73 application is to seek a minor material amendment where there is a relevant condition that can be varied. An application to vary a condition can also be made <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planningportal.co.uk\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online at the Planning Portal<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-material amendment Following a grant of planning permission, it may be necessary to make amendments to the permission. Where these amendments are considered to be non-material, an application to Devon County Council can be made online at the Planning Portal. There is no statutory definition of what constitutes a non-material amendment, and&nbsp;an amendment which may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 19:46:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6470,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/6470"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/planning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}