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The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
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Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 596
Town And Country Planning, England
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
Made
18th March 2015
Laid before Parliament
24th March 2015
Coming into force
15th April 2015
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Order modified (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), ss. 22(2), 70(1)
C2Order modified (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), ss. 19(2), 64(1)
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M11990 c. 8. Section 59 was amended by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27); section 60 was amended by section 4(1) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013; section 74 was amended by section 121 of, and Schedule 12 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), sections 19(1) and 32 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34) and section 344 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).
M21994 c. 21, to which there is an amendment not relevant to this Order.
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