The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

B.    Permitted development

The carrying out, on land used as a mine or on ancillary mining land, with the prior approval of the mineral planning authority, of operations for the erection, installation, extension, rearrangement, replacement, repair or other alteration of any—

(a)plant or machinery,

(b)buildings, or

(c)structures or erections.