The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2012

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995(1) (“the 1995 Order”). Article 3 of and Schedule 2 to the 1995 Order confer permitted development rights in respect of certain development. Where such rights apply, no specific application for planning permission is needed.

Article 2(3) of this Order substitutes a new Part 40 of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Order. The new Part 40 confers permitted development rights for the installation of specified types of microgeneration equipment on or within the curtilage of dwellinghouses or flats subject to certain criteria. It amends Class A of Part 40 to introduce permitted development rights to install solar PV or solar thermal equipment on flat roofs. It introduces three new classes of permitted development rights to install an air source heat pump (Class G), a stand alone wind turbine (Class H) and an anemometry mast (Class I). Article 2(2) of this Order makes consequential amendments.

A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to this Order. Copies may be obtained from the Planning Division of the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

This Order was notified in draft to the European Commission in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC(2) as amended by Directive 98/48/EC(3).

(1)

S.I. 1995/418. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2009/2193 (W.185).

(2)

OJ L204/37 vol 41 21 July 1998.

(3)

OJ L217/18 vol 41 5 August 1998.