The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

Class F – hard surfaces incidental to the enjoyment of a dwellinghouse E+W

Permitted development E+W

F.  Development consisting of—

(a) he provision within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a hard surface for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such; or

(b) the replacement in whole or in part of such a surface.

Development not permitted E+W

[F1 F.1   Development is not permitted by Class F if—

(a) permission to use the dwellinghouse as a dwellinghouse has been granted only by virtue of Class [F2 G,] M, [F3 MA,] N, P, PA or Q of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use); or

(b) the dwellinghouse is built under Part 20 of this Schedule (construction of new dwellinghouses).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class F para. F.1 substituted (1.8.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(2), 10

F2 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class F para. F1(a) inserted (1.8.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/814), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(g) (with Sch.)

F3 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class F para. F.1(a) inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 4(g) (with art. 15(3))

Conditions E+W

F.2  Development is permitted by Class F subject to the condition that where—

(a) the hard surface would be situated on land between a wall forming the principal elevation of the dwellinghouse and a highway, and

(b) the area of ground covered by the hard surface, or the area of hard surface replaced, would exceed 5 square metres,

either the hard surface is made of porous materials, or provision is made to direct run-off water from the hard surface to a permeable or porous area or surface within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse.