The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2011

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

2.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 2 of Schedule 2 (minor operations), after Class C insert—

“Class D

Permitted development

D.  The installation, alteration or replacement, within an area lawfully used for off-street parking, of an electrical outlet mounted on a wall for recharging electric vehicles.

Development not permitted

D.1   Development is not permitted by Class D if the outlet and its casing would—

(a) exceed 0.2 cubic metres;

(b) face onto and be within two metres of a highway;

(c) be within a site designated as a scheduled monument; or

(d) be within the curtilage of a listed building.

Conditions

D.2   Development is permitted by Class D subject to the conditions that when no longer needed as a charging point for electric vehicles—

(a) the development shall be removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and

(b) the wall on which the development was mounted or into which the development was set shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and so far as reasonably practicable, be reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.

Class E

Permitted development

E.  The installation, alteration or replacement, within an area lawfully used for off-street parking, of an upstand with an electrical outlet mounted on it for recharging electric vehicles.

Development not permitted

E.1   Development is not permitted by Class E if the upstand and the outlet would—

(a) exceed 1.6 metres in height from the level of the surface used for the parking of vehicles;

(b) be within two metres of a highway;

(c) be within a site designated as a scheduled monument;

(d) be within the curtilage of a listed building; or

(e) result in more than one upstand being provided for each parking space.

Conditions

E.2   Development is permitted by Class E subject to the conditions that when the development is no longer needed as a charging point for electric vehicles—

(a) the development shall be removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and

(b) the land on which the development was mounted or into which the development was set shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and so far as reasonably practicable, be reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.”.

(3) In Part 12 of Schedule 2 (development by local authorities), for Class A substitute—

“Class A

Permitted development

A  The erection or construction and the maintenance, improvement or other alteration by a local authority or by 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.

Interpretation of Class A

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(2) (urban development).

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.”.

(4) For Part 40 of Schedule 2 (installation of domestic microgeneration equipment) substitute Part 40 as set out in the Schedule to this Order.

(1)

S.I. 1995/418. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2008/675.

(2)

1980 c. 65.