The Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2000

PART I LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT

Category 1A

1.  Development which—

(a) comprises or includes the provision of more than 500 houses, flats, or houses and flats; or

(b) comprises or includes the provision of flats or houses and the development occupies more than 10 hectares.

Category 1B

1.  Development (other than development which only comprises the provision of houses, flats, or houses and flats) which comprises or includes the erection of a building or buildings—

(a) in the City of London and with a total floorspace of more than 30,000 square metres, or

(b) in Central London (other than the City of London) and with a total floorspace of more than 20,000 square metres, or

(c) outside Central London and with a total floorspace of more than 15,000 square metres.

2.  In paragraph 1 “Central London” means the area bounded by the outer edge of the red line on a map entitled “Map of Central London referred to in the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2000” of which prints, dated 25th May 2000 and signed by a Director in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, are deposited and available for inspection at—

(a) the principal office of Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions;

(b) the Government Office for London;

(c) the principal office of the Mayor; and

(d) the principal office of the local planning authority for each London borough.

Category 1C

1.  Development which comprises or includes the erection of a building in respect of which one or more of the following conditions is met—

(a) the building is more than 25 metres high and is adjacent to the River Thames,

(b) the building is more than 75 metres high and in the City of London,

(c) the building is more than 30 metres high and outside the City of London.

2.  A building is adjacent to the River Thames for the purposes of paragraph 1(a)—

(a) if the building is wholly or partly on a site which falls within an area identified as a Thames Policy Area in the development plan, or

(b) where no such area is so identified in respect of the relevant part of the River Thames, if the building is wholly or partly on a site which falls within the Thames Policy Area being the area bounded by the outer edge of the red line on the set of maps numbered 1 to 3 entitled “Maps of the Thames Policy Area referred to in the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2000” of which prints, dated 25th May 2000 and signed by a Director in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, are deposited and available for inspection at—

(i) the principal office of Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions;

(ii) the Government Office for London;

(iii) the principal office of the Mayor; and

(iv) the principal office of the local planning authority for each London borough.

3.  Any part of a building below ground level shall be ignored for the purposes of paragraph 1.

Category 1D

1.  Development which comprises or includes the alteration of an existing building where—

(a) the development would increase the height of the building by more than 15 metres; and

(b) the building would, on completion of the development, be higher than a relevant threshold set out in paragraph 1 of Category 1C.