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

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ZA.—(1) Development consisting of works for the demolition of one or other of—

(a)any building comprising a single purpose-built detached block of flats, and

(b)any other single detached building, comprising premises established—

(i)for office use falling within Class B1(a) of the Schedule to the 1987 Order,

(ii)for research and development falling within Class B1(b) of the Schedule to the 1987 Order, or

(iii)for an industrial process falling within Class B1(c) of the Schedule to the 1987 Order,

or for any combination of them,

existing on 12 March 2020, together with its replacement by a single building covered by sub-paragraph (2), involving operations listed in sub-paragraph (3).

(2) The building in question is to comprise one or other of—

(a)a purpose-built detached block of flats, or

(b)a purpose-built detached dwellinghouse.

(3) The operations in question are—

(a)operations reasonably necessary for the demolition and construction, which may include the installation of a basement or cellar in the new building, whether or not there is one in the old building;

(b)works for the removal of plant servicing the old building;

(c)works for the disconnection of services from the old building;

(d)works for the removal of any means of access to and egress from the old building;

(e)works for the removal of storage and waste from the old building;

(f)works for the installation of plant to service the new building;

(g)works for the installation of services to be connected to the new building;

(h)works to enable access to and egress from the new building, including means of escape from fire;

(i)works for the construction, within the new building, of storage, waste or other ancillary facilities to support the new building;

(j)the use of scaffolding and other temporary structures to support the operations listed in paragraphs (a) to (i) over a period—

(i)starting with their installation no earlier than one month before the beginning of those operations, and

(ii)ending with their removal no later than one month after the completion of those operations.

(4) In relation to Class ZA—

“development” includes any change of use from the use of the old building to the use of the new building within Class C3 of the Schedule to the 1987 Order;

“the 1987 Order” means the Use Classes Order as in force on 12 March 2020;

“the old building” and “the new building” respectively mean the building proposed for demolition and the building proposed as replacement; and

“services” means water, drainage, electricity, gas, and other services to the extent reasonably necessary for the new building to function as the building in question as defined by sub-paragraph (2) above.]]

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