The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (“the GPDO”) (S.I. 2015/596). 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.

Article 2 inserts Class CB into Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the GPDO, introducing a new class of permitted development to temporarily provide buildings on school land for a period of three years from the date this instrument comes into force. The permitted development right can only be used where one or more of the school’s buildings have been vacated due to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Development is permitted subject to a number of limitations and conditions, including the requirement for notification to the local planning authority and local fire and rescue authority, and that the building must be removed once the building is no longer required or by no later than 11.59 p.m. on 24th October 2026, whichever is the earlier.

An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.