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					<dc:description>This instrument consolidates with amendments, in relation to England, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 and subsequent amending instruments and revokes in relation to England the instruments listed in Schedule 4.</dc:description>
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<Number>2015 No. 596</Number>
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<Title>Town And Country Planning, England</Title>
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<Title>The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015</Title>
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<Text>Made</Text>
<DateText>18th March 2015</DateText>
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<Text>Laid before Parliament</Text>
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<Text>The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 59, 60, 61, 74 and 333(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/> and section 54 of the Coal Industry Act 1994<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/>, makes the following Order:</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/8" id="c00004" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1990" Number="0008">1990 c. 8</Citation>. Section 59 was amended by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Growth and Infrastructure Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/27" id="c00005" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2013" Number="0027">2013 (c. 27)</Citation>; 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 <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/20" id="c00006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2011" Number="0020">2011 (c. 20)</Citation>, sections 19(1) and 32 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Planning and Compensation Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34" id="c00007" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1991" Number="0034">1991 (c. 34)</Citation> and section 344 of the Greater London Authority Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/29" id="c00008" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1999" Number="0029">1999 (c. 29)</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/21" id="c00009" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1994" Number="0021">1994 c. 21</Citation>, to which there is an amendment not relevant to this Order.</Text></Para>
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