Section 31: Nature and effect of development permit

31. Nature and effect of development permit (1) Subject to this Act, a development permit that authorises a morcellement of land may authorise the carrying out of any work in, on, under or over the land in connection with the morcellement, including the construction of roads and drainage systems. (2) A development permit to develop land may authorise— (a) the retention on land of buildings or works constructed or carried out on the land before the date of the application for such development permit; or P11 – 25 [Issue 1] Planning and Development Act (b) the continuance of any use of land commenced before the date of the development permit, whether the use commenced without the prior grant of a development permit under this or any other Act or in accordance with a development permit granted for a limited period only. (3) A development permit shall attach to and run with the land to which it relates and shall bind the owner, the owner’s successor in title, any occupier of that land and any person otherwise entitled or purporting to take any benefit from that permit. (S. 31 not in operation.)