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

PART 23 DEVELOPMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT – ROADS UNDERTAKINGS

Class A
Permitted development	A.	The carrying out by or on behalf of the Department for Regional Development— (a) on land within the boundaries of a road, of any works required for the maintenance or improvement of the road; or (b) on land outside but adjoining the boundary of an existing road, of works required for or incidental to the maintenance or improvement of the road.
Interpretation of Class A	A.1	For the purposes of Class A— “improvement” means the improvement and safety of roads under Part IV of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993(1); “maintenance” means the maintenance of roads under Articles 8 to 12 of that Order.
Class B
Permitted development	B.	The carrying out by or on behalf of the Department for Regional Development of works in exercise of its functions under Articles 4(1), 5(1), 6, 14(1), 15(1), 18(1) and 68(1)of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993, or works in connection with, or incidental to, the exercise of those functions.
Class C
Permitted development	C.	The installation, alteration or replacement (other than on a building) by or on behalf of the Department for Regional Development of a closed circuit television camera, including its supporting structure, for the purposes of traffic management or road safety.
Development not permitted	C.1	Development is not permitted by Class C if— (a) it is to be carried out in a conservation area or on 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; or (d) the development would result in the presence of more than four cameras on the structure.
Interpretation of Class C	C.2	For the purposes of Class C— “camera” except in paragraph C.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 or tower including a street lighting column.

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S.I. 1993/3160 (N.I.15) as amended by S.I. 1997/276 (N.I.2) and 2003 c.21