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A. The erection or construction and the maintenance, improvement or other alteration by [F1or on behalf of] a local authority or by [F1or on behalf of] an urban development corporation of—
(a)any small ancillary building, works or equipment on land belonging to or maintained by them required for the purposes of any function exercised by them on that land otherwise than as statutory undertakers;
(b)lamp standards, information kiosks, passenger shelters, public shelters and seats, telephone boxes, fire alarms, public drinking fountains, horse troughs, refuse bins or baskets, barriers for the control of people waiting to enter public service vehicles, electric vehicle charging points and any associated infrastructure, and similar structures or works required in connection with the operation of any public service administered by them.
Textual Amendments
A.1 For the purposes of Class A, “urban development corporation” has the same meaning as in Part 16 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (urban development) M1.
Marginal Citations
M11980 c. 65; see sections 135 and 171. Section 135 was amended by section 179 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28). There are no amendments to section 171 relevant to this Order.
A.2 The reference in Class A to any small ancillary building, works or equipment is a reference to any ancillary building, works or equipment not exceeding 4 metres in height or 200 cubic metres in capacity.E+W
B. The deposit by a local authority of waste material on any land comprised in a site which was used for that purpose on 1st July 1948 whether or not the superficial area or the height of the deposit is extended as a result.
B.1 Development is not permitted by Class B if the waste material is or includes material resulting from the winning and working of minerals.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 2 Pt. 12 Class BA inserted (25.6.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(3), 21
BA. The use of any land for the purposes of holding a market by or on behalf of a local authority and the provision on the land of any moveable structure for the permitted use F3....
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 12 Class BA para. BA omitted (11.1.2022) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1464), arts. 1(2)(c), 6(2)
BA.1 Development is not permitted by Class BA [F4if the land—
(a)is, or is within, a site of special scientific interest; or
(b)is, or contains, a scheduled monument.]]
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 12 Class BA para. BA.1 substituted (11.1.2022) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1464), arts. 1(2)(c), 6(3)
C. For the purposes of Part 12, “local authority” includes a parish council [F5, a National Park authority and the Broads Authority].
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 12 para. C inserted (26.7.2023) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/747), arts. 1(1), 5(3)
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