Planning obligations (section 52 and 106 agreements) are linked to a planning application decision, made either by the local planning authority or by the Planning Inspectorate in the case of an appeal against a refusal of planning permission. The planning obligation relates to the land within the planning application, rather than the person or organisation that develops the land. It is, therefore, recorded as a land charge, and the obligations under it run with the land ownership until they are fully complied with, often indefinitely.
