The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 No. 596

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Permitted development rights

PART 19 E+W Development by the Crown or for national security purposes

Class M – development by the Crown on operational Crown land connected to rail E+W

Permitted development E+W

M.  Development by or on behalf of the Crown on operational Crown land, required in connection with the movement of traffic by rail.

Development not permitted E+W

M.1  Development is not permitted by Class M if it consists of or includes—

(a) the construction of a railway;

(b) the construction or erection of a hotel, railway station or bridge; or

(c) the construction or erection otherwise than wholly within a railway station of an office, residential or educational building, car park, shop, restaurant, garage, petrol filling station or a building used for an industrial process.

Interpretation of Class M E+W

M.2  For the purposes of Class M, references to the construction or erection of any building or structure include references to the reconstruction or alteration of a building or structure where its design or external appearance would be materially affected.