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

Interpretation of Class M E+W

M.3  For the purposes of Class M—

[F1 “closed prison” means a prison used for the confinement of prisoners in closed conditions located on a site with a closed perimeter;]

[F2 “footprint”, in relation to a building, means the total area of ground covered by it;

[F3 “open prison” means a prison used for the confinement of prisoners in open conditions located on a site without a closed perimeter;]

“original school, college, university, prison or hospital building” means original building which is a school, college, university, prison or hospital building, as the case may be, other than any building erected at any time under Class M;

“prior approval date” has the meaning given in paragraph X of Part 3;

“prison”—

(a)

includes a young offender institution provided pursuant to section 43(1)(a) (places for the detention of young offenders etc) of the Prison Act 1952;

(b)

does not include—

(i)

a secure training centre or a secure college provided pursuant to, respectively, section 43(1)(b) or (c) of the Prison Act 1952;

(ii)

premises approved pursuant to section 13(1) (approved premises) of the Offender Management Act 2007;

(iii)

a bail hostel within the meaning of section 2(2) (other definitions) of the Bail Act 1976;

“published admission number” means the number of pupils of any relevant age group at the school determined by the admission authority under sections 88C and 88D of the School Standards Framework Act 1998;

[F4 “relevant date” means 21st December 2023 in the case of the development of an open prison building and 21st April 2021 in the case of all other development;]

“rooftop structure” has the meaning given in paragraph D.3 of Part 9;]

“school” does not include a building which changed use by virtue of Class S of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use) [F5 or which was erected by virtue of Class CA of Part 4 of this Schedule (temporary buildings and uses)] [F6 ; and

“travel plan” means a long-term management strategy that seeks to deliver sustainable transport objectives]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 para. M.3 inserted (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(5)(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.3 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(7)(a) (with art. 15(3))

F3 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 para. M.3 inserted (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(5)(b)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 para. M.3 inserted (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(5)(c)

F5 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.3 inserted (6.4.2017) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/391), arts. 1, 6(d) (with art. 8)

F6 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class M para. M.3 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(7)(b) (with art. 15(3))