The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

PART 25E+WOTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT

Class AE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

A.  The installation, alteration or replacement on any building or other structure of a height of 15 metres or more of a microwave antenna and any structure intended for the support of a microwave antenna.

Development not permittedE+W

F1[F2A.1  Development is not permitted by Class A if—

(a)the building is a dwellinghouse or the building or structure is within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse;

(b)it would consist of development of a kind described in paragraph A of Part 24;

(c)it would consist of the installation, alteration or replacement of system apparatus within the meaning of section 8(6) of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (definitions of driver information systems etc);

(d)it would result in the presence on the building or structure of more than four antennas;

(e)in the case of an antenna installed on a chimney, the length of the antenna would exceed 60cm;

(f)in all other cases, the length of the antenna would exceed 130cm;

(g)it would consist of the installation of an antenna with a cubic capacity in excess of 35 litres;

(h)the highest part of the antenna or its supporting structure would be more than three metres higher than the highest part of the building or structure on which it is installed or is to be installed;

(i)in the case of article 1(5) land, it would consist of the installation of an antenna—

(i)on a chimney, wall or roof slope which faces onto, and is visible from, a highway;

[F1(ii)in the Broads, on a chimney, wall or roof slope which faces onto, and is visible from, a waterway.]]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 2 Pt. 25 Class A para. A. 1 substituted (except that para. A.1(i)(ii) ("in the Broads, on a chimney, wall or roof slope which faces onto, and is visible from, a waterway") is excluded and the sub-paragraphs numbered accordingly) (W.) (31.1.2006) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/124), arts. 1(1), 4(1)(a)

ConditionsE+W

A.2  Development is permitted by Class A subject to the following conditions—

(a)the antenna shall, so far as is practicable, be sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of the building or structure on which it is installed;

F3[F4(b)an antenna no longer needed for reception or transmission purposes shall be removed from the building or structure as soon as reasonably practicable.]

Textual Amendments

[F5A.3.  The length of an antenna is to be measured in any linear direction, and shall exclude any projecting feed element, reinforcing rim, mounting or brackets.]E

[F6For the purposes of Class A—

(a) the length of an antenna is to be measured in any linear direction, and shall exclude any projecting feed element, reinforcing rim, mountings or brackets;

(b) the maximum number of antenna for the purpose of paragraph A1.(d) includes any small antenna permitted under Class A of Part 24.]

Textual Amendments

Class BE+W

Permitted developmentE+W

B.  The installation, alteration or replacement on any building or other structure of a height of less than 15 metres of F7[F8a microwave antenna].

Textual Amendments

Development not permittedE+W

F9[F10B.1  Development is not permitted by Class B if—

(a)the building is a dwellinghouse or other structure within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse;

(b)it would consist of development of a kind described in paragraph A [F9Class A] of Part 24;

(c)it would consist of the installation, alteration or replacement of system apparatus within the meaning of section 8(6) of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (definitions of driver information systems etc);

(d)it would result in the presence on the building or structure of—

(i)more than two antennas;

(ii)a single antenna exceeding 100 centimetres in length;

(iii)two antennas which do not meet the relevant size criteria;

(iv)an antenna installed on a chimney, where the length of the antenna would exceed 60cm;

(v)an antenna installed on a chimney, where the antenna would protrude over the chimney;

(vi)an antenna with a cubic capacity in excess of 35 litres;

(e)in the case of an antenna to be installed on a roof without a chimney, the highest part of the antenna would be higher than the highest part of the roof;

(f)in the case of an antenna to be installed on a roof with a chimney, the highest part of the antenna would be higher than the highest part of the chimney [F9stack], or 60cm measured from the highest part of the ridge tiles of the roof, whichever is the lowest;

(g)in the case of article 1(5) land, it would consist of the installation of an antenna—

(i)on a chimney, wall or roof slope which faces onto, and is visible from, a highway;

(ii)[F9in the Broads, on a chimney, wall or roof slope which faces onto, and is visible from, a waterway.]]

Textual Amendments

F9Sch. 2 Pt. 25 Class B para. B.1 substituted (with minor differences and except that para. B.1(g)(ii) ("in the Broads, on a chimney, wall or roof slope which faces onto, and is visible from, a waterway") is excluded and the sub-paragraphs numbered accordingly) (W.) (31.1.2006) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/124), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(b)

ConditionE+W

B.2  Development is permitted by Class B subject to the following conditions—

(a)the antenna shall, so far as practicable, be sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of the building or structure on which it is installed;

F11[F12(b)an antenna no longer needed for reception or transmission purposes shall be removed from the building or structure as soon as reasonably practicable]

Textual Amendments

F13[F14B.3.  The relevant size criteria for the purposes of paragraph B.1(d)[F13(iii)] are that:E

(a)only one of the antennas may exceed 60 centimetres in length; and

(b)any antenna which exceeds 60 centimetres in length must not exceed 100 centimetres in length.

Textual Amendments

F13Sch. 2 Pt. 25 Class B paras. B.3-B.5 added (with minor differences in paras. B.3 and B.4) (W.) (31.1.2006) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/124), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(d)

B.4.  The length of an antenna is to be measured in any linear direction and shall exclude any projecting feed element, reinforcing rim, mounting or brackets.]E+W

Textual Amendments

[F13B.5.  The maximum number of antenna for the purpose of paragraph B.1(d) includes any small antenna permitted under Class A of Part 24.]E+W

Textual Amendments

F13Sch. 2 Pt. 25 Class B paras. B.3-B.5 added (with minor differences in paras. B.3 and B.4) (W.) (31.1.2006) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/124), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(d)