Search Legislation

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

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Status:

This is the original version (as it was originally made).

Interpretation of Class Q
This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

Q.2—(1) For the purposes of Class Q, “emergency” means an event or situation which threatens serious damage to—

(a)human welfare in a place in the United Kingdom;

(b)the environment of a place in the United Kingdom; or

(c)the security of the United Kingdom.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a), an event or situation threatens damage to human welfare only if it involves, causes or may cause—

(a)loss of human life;

(b)human illness or injury;

(c)homelessness;

(d)damage to property;

(e)disruption of a supply of money, food, water, energy or fuel;

(f)disruption of a system of communication;

(g)disruption of facilities for transport; or

(h)disruption of services relating to health.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), an event or situation threatens damage to the environment only if it involves, causes or may cause—

(a)contamination of land, water or air with biological, chemical or radioactive matter; or

(b)disruption or destruction of plant life or animal life.

Back to top

Options/Help

You have chosen to open The Whole Instrument

The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Instrument as a PDF

The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Schedule

The Whole Schedule you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Schedule as a PDF

The Whole Schedule you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Instrument

The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open Schedules only

The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?