SCHEDULE 2E+WPermitted development rights

PART 17E+WMining and mineral exploration

Class J – temporary use of land etc for mineral explorationE+W

Development not permittedE+W

J.1  Development is not permitted by Class J if—

(a)it consists of the drilling of boreholes for petroleum exploration;

(b)any operation would be carried out within 50 metres of any part of an occupied residential building or a building occupied as a hospital or school;

[F1(c)any operation would be carried out within a National Park, an area of outstanding national beauty, a site of archaeological interest, a site of special scientific interest or the Broads;]

(d)any explosive charge of more than 1 kilogram would be used;

(e)any excavation referred to in Class J(c) would exceed 10 metres in depth or 12 square metres in surface area;

(f)in the case described in Class J(c) more than 10 excavations would, as a result, be made within any area of 1 hectare within the land during any period of 24 months; or

(g)any structure assembled or provided would exceed [F215] metres in height, or, where the structure would be within 3 kilometres of the perimeter of an aerodrome, 3 metres in height.

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