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The Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

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PART 22CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERAS

Class A
Permitted developmentA.The installation, alteration or replacement on a building of a closed circuit television camera to be used for security purposes.
Development not permittedA.1

Development is not permitted by Class A if—

(a)

the building on which the camera would be installed, altered or replaced is a listed building, in a conservation area, or on a site of archaeological interest;

(b)

the dimensions of the camera, including its housing exceed 75 centimetres by 25 centimetres by 25 centimetres;

(c)

any part of the camera would, when installed, altered or replaced, be less than 250 centimetres above ground level;

(d)

any part of the camera would, when installed, altered or replaced, protrude from the surface of the building by more than 1 metre when measured from the surface of the building;

(e)

any part of the camera would, when installed, altered or replaced, be in contact with the surface of the building at a point which is more than 1 metre from any other point of contact;

(f)

any part of the camera would be less than 10 metres from any part of another camera installed on a building;

(g)

the development would result in the presence of more than four cameras on the same side of the building; or

(h)

the development would result in the presence of more than 16 cameras on the building.

ConditionsA.2

Development is permitted by Class A subject to the following conditions—

(a)

the camera shall, so far as practicable, be sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of the building on which it is situated;

(b)

the camera shall be removed as soon as reasonably practicable after it is no longer required for security purposes.

Interpretation of Part 22A.3

For the purposes of Part 22—

“camera” except in paragraph A.1(b), includes its housing, pan and tilt mechanism, infra red illuminator, receiver, mountings and brackets; and

“ground level” means the level of the surface of the ground immediately adjacent to the building or, where the level of the surface of the ground is not uniform, the level of the highest part of the surface of the ground adjacent to it.

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