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

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PART 26DEVELOPMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT

Class A
Permitted developmentA.

Development by or on behalf of the Department consisting of—

(a)

the maintenance, repair or restoration of any historic monument;

(b)

the erection of screens, fences or covers designed or intended to protect or safeguard any historic monument; or

(c)

the carrying out of works to stabilise ground conditions by any cliff, watercourse or the coastline, where such works are required for the purposes of securing the preservation of any historic monument.

Development not permittedA.1Development is not permitted by Class A(a) if the works involve an extension of the historic monument.
ConditionA.2Except for development also falling within Class A(a), Class A(b) development is permitted subject to the condition that any structure erected in accordance with that permission shall be removed at the expiry of a period of six months (or such longer period as may be agreed in writing between the council and the Department) from the date on which work to erect the structure was begun.
Interpretation of Class AA.3

For the purposes of Class A—

“historic monument” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(2) of the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1);

“monument” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(6) of that Order.

Class B
Permitted developmentB.The installation, alteration or replacement (other than on a building) by or on behalf of the Department of a closed circuit television camera, including its supporting structure, for security purposes.
Development not permittedB.1

Development is not permitted by Class B if—

(a)

it is to be carried out in a conservation area or a site of archaeological interest unless it involves the installation, alteration or replacement of a camera on an existing structure;

(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, exceed the height of any existing camera or a height of 15 metres above ground level, whichever is the greater; or

(e)

the development would result in the presence of more than four cameras on the structure.

Interpretation of Class BB.2

For the purposes of Class B—

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

“ground level” means the level of the surface of the ground immediately adjacent to the supporting structure 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.

“structure” and “supporting structure” means any pole, mast, tower or lamp standard.

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