permitted

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Dan Yates, founder of outdoor accommodation booking site Pitchup, said the concept of "permitted development" - meaning no planning permission is needed - was now "a misnomer in Wales".

From BBC • May 25, 2026

It proposed a new type of permitted development, where pop-up campsites would need to apply for permission for the 60-day allowance.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Governments should not be permitted to search broad groups of innocent people merely because technology makes doing so efficient.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

They argued that what U.S. authorities described as false statements were actually broad assertions that courts have held are permitted under the law.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

After Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, black men were permitted to enlist in the Union army.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis