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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/428/article/8</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-03-25</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2021-04-21</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order amends, primarily, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (“the GPDO”). The GPDO provides, for the purposes of section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8), for the granting of permission for certain classes of development without the requirement for a planning application to be made under Part 3 of that Act. The classes of permission, together with their accompanying conditions, limitations and restrictions, are set out in Schedule 2 to the GPDO.</dc:description>
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<Text>Paragraph W (procedure for applications for prior approval) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 is amended as follows.</Text>
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<Text>In sub-paragraph (2)—</Text>
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<Text>in paragraph (ba), after “Classes M,” insert “MA,”;</Text>
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<Text>in paragraph (2)(bc)—</Text>
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<Text>after “Class M,” insert “MA,”;</Text>
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<Text>after “a floor plan indicating” insert “the total floor space in square metres of each dwellinghouse,”;</Text>
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<Text>In sub-paragraph (8)(b), for the words from “form on any” to the end substitute—</Text>
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<Text>on any adjoining owner or occupier; and</Text>
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