The Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008

PART 1 E+W LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT

Category 1A E+W

1.  Development which comprises or includes the provision of more than 150 houses, flats, or houses and flats.

Category 1B E+W

1.  Development (other than development which only comprises the provision of houses, flats, or houses and flats) which comprises or includes the erection of a building or buildings—

(a) in the City of London and with a total floorspace of more than 100,000 square metres;

(b) in Central London (other than the City of London) and with a total floorspace of more than 20,000 square metres; or

(c) outside Central London and with a total floorspace of more than 15,000 square metres.

2.  In paragraph 1, “ Central London” means the area bounded by the outer edge of the red line on a map entitled “Map of Central London referred to in the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008” , of which prints, dated 28th February 2008 and signed by a Deputy Director in the Department for Communities and Local Government, are deposited and available for inspection M1 at— E+W

(a) the principal office of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government;

(b) the Government Office for London;

(c) the principal office of the Mayor; and

(d) the principal office of the local planning authority for each London borough.

Marginal Citations

M1 Also available at www.communities.gov.uk and www.gos.gov.uk/gol.

Category 1C E+W

1.  Development which comprises or includes the erection of a building of one or more of the following descriptions—

(a) the building is more than 25 metres high and is adjacent to the River Thames;

(b) the building is more than 150 metres high and is in the City of London;

(c) the building is more than 30 metres high and is outside the City of London.

2.  A building is adjacent to the River Thames for the purposes of paragraph 1(a)— E+W

(a) if the building is wholly or partly on a site which falls within an area identified as a Thames Policy Area in the development plan in force in the area in which the application site is situated; or

(b) where no such area is so identified in respect of the relevant part of the River Thames, if the building is wholly or partly on a site which falls within the Thames Policy Area being the area bounded by the outer edge of the red line on the set of maps numbered 1 to 3 entitled “Maps of the Thames Policy Area referred to in the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008”, of which prints, dated 28th February 2008 and signed by a Deputy Director in the Department for Communities and Local Government, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices referred to in paragraph 2 of Category 1B M2 .

Marginal Citations

M2 Also available at www.communities.gov.uk and www.gos.gov.uk/gol.

3.  Any part of a building below ground level shall be ignored for the purposes of paragraph 1. E+W

Category 1D E+W

1.  Development which comprises or includes the alteration of an existing building where—

(a) the development would increase the height of the building by more than 15 metres; and

(b) the building would, on completion of the development, fall within a description set out in paragraph 1 of Category 1C.