SCHEDULE 2Permitted development rights
PART 17Mining and mineral exploration
Class F – coal-mining development on an authorised site
Development not permittedF
Development is not permitted by Class F if—
a
the external appearance of the mine would be materially affected;
b
any building, plant or machinery, structure or erection or any deposit of minerals or waste—
i
would exceed a height of 15 metres above ground level, or
ii
where a building, plant or machinery would be rearranged, replaced or repaired, the resulting development would exceed a height of 15 metres above ground level or the height of what was rearranged, replaced or repaired, whichever is the greater;
c
any building erected (other than a replacement building) would have a floor space exceeding 1,000 square metres;
d
the cubic content of any replaced, extended or altered building would exceed by more than 25% the cubic content of the building replaced, extended or altered or the floor space would exceed by more than 1,000 square metres, the floor space of that building;
e
it would be for the purpose of creating a new surface access to underground workings or of improving an existing access (which is not an active access) to underground workings; or
f
it would be carried out on land to which the description in paragraph N.2(2)(b) of this Part applies, and a plan of that land had not been deposited with the mineral planning authority M1 before 5th June 1989.