The Town and Country Planning (Local Authority Consultations etc.) (England) Order 2018

PART 5 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

24.  The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015(1) is amended as follows.

Amendment of article 2

25.  In article 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1) after the definition of “proposed highway” insert—

““public holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 is a bank holiday in England.”; and

(b) for paragraph (9) substitute—

“(9) Where the electronic communication is received by the recipient outside the recipient’s business hours, it is taken to have been received on the next working day; and for this purpose “working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.”.

Amendment of Schedule 2

26.—(1) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse), after paragraph A.4(15) insert—

“(16) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraph (5)(d), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.”.

(2) In Part 3 of Schedule 2 (changes of use), after paragraph W.(13) insert—

“(14) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraph (8)(a), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.”.

(3) In Part 4 of Schedule 2 (temporary buildings and uses), after paragraph E.3(13) insert—

“(14) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraph (8)(a), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.”.

(4) In Part 7 of Schedule 2 (non-domestic extensions, alterations etc), after paragraph C.2(10) insert—

“(11) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraph (5)(a), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.”.

(5) In Part 14 of Schedule 2 (renewable energy), after paragraph J.4(11) insert—

“(12) When computing the number of days in paragraph (6)(a), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.”.

(6) In Part 16 of Schedule 2 (communications), after paragraph A.3(12) insert—

“(13) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraphs (6)(b)(i), (6)(c)(i) and (6)(d)(i), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.”.

(1)

S.I.2015/596; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/332, 2016/1040, 2017/391 and 2017/619.