Class M – development by the Crown on operational Crown land connected to railE+W
Permitted developmentE+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 permittedE+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 ME+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.