"be given permission" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that permission has been granted. For example: "The team was given permission to start the project."
How good it felt to be given permission to embrace the homophobe within.
I'm sure they didn't mean it, but I just wanted to be given permission to talk.
City officials had said marchers would not be given permission to march around the Colosseum.
Permanent residents will be given permission without any time limits or conditions attached.
If you are approved for the class, you will be given permission to enroll.
Open to junior dance certificate students, who will be given permission prior to enrollment period.
Biscuit!" It's a relief to be given permission to laugh, because it would have been nearly impossible not to.
Under a deal between the US and Chinese governments, he expects to be given permission to study in New York.
Groh said that Johnson's agent, Jerome Stanley, would not be given permission to shop Johnson around to other teams.
She said that only those employing qualified childminders and teachers would be given permission to look after more children.
It's a relief to be given permission to laugh, because it would have been nearly impossible not to.
