Class A – railway or light railway undertakingsE+W
Permitted developmentE+W
A. Development by railway undertakers on their operational land, required in connection with the movement of traffic by rail.
Development not permittedE+W
A.1 Development is not permitted by Class A 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—
(i)an office, residential or educational building, or a building used for an industrial process, or
(ii)a car park, shop, restaurant, garage, petrol filling station or other building or structure provided under transport legislation.
Interpretation of Class AE+W
A.2 For the purposes of Class A, 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.