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

Development not permitted E+W

M.1  Development is not permitted by Class M—

[F1 (a) if the cumulative footprint of any erection, extension or alteration under Class M on or after [F2 the relevant date] would exceed the greater of—

(i) 25% of the cumulative footprint of the school, [F3 college,] university, prison or hospital buildings as it was on [F2 the relevant date]; or

(ii) 250 square metres;]

(b) [F4 in the case of a college, university [F5 , prison] or hospital building,] if any part of the development would be within 5 metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the premises;

[F6 (ba) in the case of a school, where any land adjacent to the site is used for a purpose within Part C of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order (residential purposes), if any part of the proposed development is within 5 metres of the boundary of the curtilage of that residential land;]

(c) if, as a result of the development, any land used as a playing field at any time in the 5 years before the development commenced and remaining in this use could no longer be so used;

(d) if the height of any new building erected would [F7 exceed—]

[F7 (i) if within 10 metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the premises, 5 metres; or

(ii) in all other cases, 6 metres;]

[F8 (da) if the height of any rooftop structure would exceed 1.5 metres;]

(e) if the height of the building as extended or altered would exceed—

(i) if within 10 metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the premises, [F9 the lesser of the height of the building being extended or altered or] 5 metres; or

(ii) in all other cases, the height of the building being extended or altered;

(f) if the development would be within the curtilage of a listed building; or

(g) unless—

(i) in the case of school, college or university buildings, the predominant use of the existing buildings on the premises is for the provision of education;

(ii) in the case of hospital buildings, the predominant use of the existing buildings on the premises is for the provision of any medical or health services [F10 ;]

[F10 (iii) in the case of prison buildings—

(aa) the predominant use of the existing buildings on the premises is for the confinement of prisoners [F11 ; and]

[F12 (bb) in the case of a closed prison, the development does not involve the erection, extension or alteration of any building beyond the perimeter as it stood on the relevant date.]

F13 (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(a) substituted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 9(4)(a) (with art. 15(3))

F2 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 para. M.1(a) substituted (21.12.2023) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1279), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(a)

F3 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(a)(i) inserted (1.8.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/814), arts. 1(1), 6(7) (with Sch.)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(b) inserted (6.4.2017) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/391), arts. 1, 6(b) (with art. 8)

F5 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(b) inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 9(4)(b) (with art. 15(3))

F6 Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(ba) inserted (6.4.2017) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/391), arts. 1, 6(c) (with art. 8)

F7 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(d) substituted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 9(4)(c) (with art. 15(3))

F8 Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(da) inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 9(4)(d) (with art. 15(3))

F9 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(e)(i) inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 9(4)(e) (with art. 15(3))

F10 Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.1(g)(iii) inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 9(4)(f) (with art. 15(3))

F11 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 para. M.1(g)(iii)(aa) substituted (21.12.2023) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1279), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(b)(i)

F12 Sch. 2 Pt. 7 para. M.1(g)(iii)(bb) substituted (21.12.2023) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1279), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(b)(ii)

F13 Sch. 2 Pt. 7 para. M.1(g)(iii)(cc) omitted (21.12.2023) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1279), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(b)(iii)