Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995
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The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 is a Statutory Instrument
enacted in the United Kingdom
and applying to planning law
in England and Wales
.
The Order sets out what is Permitted Development
, which is to say what may be built without obtaining planning permission
. It was made under powers granted by the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
and the Coal Industry Act 1994 and came into force on 3 June 1995. It has been amended several time since it was enacted.
The Order sets out 84 separate classes of development for which a grant of planning permission is not required (permission is deemed granted). The 84 classes are spread across 33 parts as set out in Schedule 2 to the Order.
The Order sets a number of broad heads of permitted development out. To each of these it applies more detailed definition and exceptions to the broad permission.
The list of headings in the Order (without the exceptions and other detail) are:
Statutory Instrument
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enacted in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and applying to planning law
Town and country planning in the United Kingdom
Town and Country Planning is the land use planning system governments use to balance economic development and environmental quality. Each country of the United Kingdom has its own planning system that is responsible for town and country planning devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the...
in England and Wales
England and Wales
England and Wales is a jurisdiction within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom...
.
The Order sets out what is Permitted Development
Permitted development
Permitted development is an aspect of town and country planning in the United Kingdom which allows people to undertake minor development under a deemed grant of planning permission, therefore removing the need to submit a planning application...
, which is to say what may be built without obtaining planning permission
Planning permission
Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on land, or change the use of land or buildings. Within the UK the occupier of any land or building will need title to that land or building , but will also need "planning...
. It was made under powers granted by the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is an act of the British Parliament regulating the development of land in England and Wales-Section 1:...
and the Coal Industry Act 1994 and came into force on 3 June 1995. It has been amended several time since it was enacted.
The Order sets out 84 separate classes of development for which a grant of planning permission is not required (permission is deemed granted). The 84 classes are spread across 33 parts as set out in Schedule 2 to the Order.
The Order sets a number of broad heads of permitted development out. To each of these it applies more detailed definition and exceptions to the broad permission.
The list of headings in the Order (without the exceptions and other detail) are:
| Part | Class | Permitted Development |
| 1 | A | Development within the curtilage of a dwelling-house. The enlargement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse |
| 1 | B | The enlargement of a dwellinghouse consisting of an addition or alteration to its roof. |
| 1 | C | Any other addition to the roof of a dwelling-house. |
| 1 | D | The erection or construction of a porch outside any external door of a dwelling-house |
| 1 | E | The provision within the curtilage of a dwelling-house, of any building or enclosure, swimming or other pool required for a purpose, incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, or the maintenance, improvement or other alteration of such a building or enclosure. |
| 1 | F | The provision within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a hard surface for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse. |
| 1 | G | The erection of provision within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a container for the storage of oil for domestic heating. |
| 1 | H | The installation, alteration or replacement of a satellite antenna on a dwellinghouse or within the curtillage of a dwellinghouse. |
| 2 | A to C | Minor Operations |
| 3 | A to G | Changes of use |
| 4 | A to B | Temporary Building uses |
| 5 | A to B | Caravan sites |
| 6 | A to C | Agricultural buildings and operations |
| 7 | A | Forestry buildings and operations |
| 8 | A to D | Industrial and warehouse development |
| 9 | A | Repairs to unadopted streets and private ways |
| 10 | A | Repairs to Services |
| 11 | A | Development under local or private Acts or Orders |
| 12 | A to B | Development by local authorities |
| 13 | A | Development by Local Highway Authorities |
| 14 | A | Development by drainage bodies |
| 15 | A | Development by National Rivers Authority |
| 16 | A | Development by or on behalf of sewerage under-takers |
| 17 | A to J | Development by statutory undertakers |
| 18 | A to I | Aviation Development |
| 19 | A to C | Development ancillary to mining operations |
| 20 | A to E | Coal mining development by the Coal Authority Licensed Operators |
| 21 | A to B | Waste tipping at a mine |
| 22 | A to B | Mineral exploration |
| 23 | A to B | Removal of material from mineral-working deposits |
| 24 | A | Development by telecommunications code system operators |
| 25 | A to B | Other telecommunications development |
| 26 | A | Development by the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England |
| 27 | A | Use by members of certain recreational organizations |
| 28 | A | Development at amusement parks |
| 29 | A | Driver information systems |
| 30 | A | Toll road facilities |
| 31 | A to B | Demolition of Buildings |
| 32 | A | Schools, Colleges, Universities and Hospitals |
| 33 | A | Closed circuit television cameras |