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Regulation 9
[F11.—(1) Any building in which explosives are manufactured or stored under a licence granted under the Explosives Regulations 2014 where—
(a)the whole building is used for that manufacture or storage, and either
(b)a minimum separation distance of greater than 0 metres is prescribed by virtue of regulation 27(1) of, and Schedule 5 to, those Regulations; or
(c)a minimum separation distance of 0 metres is prescribed by virtue of the provisions referred to in paragraph (b) and the assent of the local authority was required by regulation 13(3) of those Regulations or would have been so required but for regulation 13(4)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of those Regulations.
(2) Where only a part of a building is used for the manufacture or storage of explosives under a licence granted under the Explosives Regulations 2014 and —
(a)a minimum separation distance of greater than 0 metres is prescribed by virtue of regulation 27(1) of, and Schedule 5 to, those Regulations; or
(b)a minimum separation distance of 0 metres is prescribed by virtue of the provisions referred to in paragraph (a) and the assent of the local authority was required by regulation 13(3) of those Regulations or would have been so required but for regulation 13(4)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of those Regulations,
that part of the building where the licence specifies that that manufacture or storage may take place.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 Class 1 para. 1 substituted (1.10.2014) by The Explosives Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1638), reg. 1(1), Sch. 13 para. 24
2. Any building (other than a building containing a dwelling or a building used for office or canteen accommodation) erected on a site in respect of which a licence under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 M1 is for the time being in force.E+W
3. A building included in the schedule of monuments maintained under section 1 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 M2.E+W
Marginal Citations
M21979 c.46; section 1 was amended by Schedule 4 to the National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47).
1. Subject to paragraph 2, a detached building—
(a)into which people do not normally go; or
(b)into which people go only intermittently and then only for the purpose of inspecting or maintaining fixed plant or machinery.
2. The description of buildings in paragraph 1 does not include a building where any point of the building is less than one and a half times its height from—E+W
(a)any point of a building into which people can or do normally go; or
(b)the nearest point of the boundary of the curtilage of that building,
whichever is the nearer.
1. Subject to paragraph 3, a greenhouse.
2. A building used, subject to paragraph 3, for agriculture, or a building principally for the keeping of animals, provided in each case that—E+W
(a)no part of the building is used as a dwelling;
(b)no point of the building is less than one and a half times its height from any point of a building which contains sleeping accommodation; and
(c)the building is provided with a fire exit which is not more than 30 metres from any point in the building.
3. The descriptions of buildings in paragraphs 1 and 2 do not include a greenhouse or a building used for agriculture if the principal purpose for which they are used is retailing, packing or exhibiting.E+W
4. In paragraph 2, “agriculture” includes horticulture, fruit growing, the growing of plants for seed and fish farming.E+W
A building which is not intended to remain where it is erected for more than 28 days.
1. A building on a site, being a building which is intended to be used only in connection with the disposal of buildings or building plots on that site.
2. A building on the site of construction or civil engineering works, which is intended to be used only during the course of those works and contains no sleeping accommodation.E+W
3. A building, other than a building containing a dwelling or used as an office or showroom, erected for use on the site of and in connection with a mine or quarry.E+W
1. A detached single storey building, having a floor area which does not exceed 30m2, which contains no sleeping accommodation and is a building—
(a)no point of which is less than one metre from the boundary of its curtilage; or
(b)which is constructed substantially of non-combustible material.
2. A detached building designed and intended to shelter people from the effects of nuclear, chemical or conventional weapons, and not used for any other purpose, if—E+W
(a)its floor area does not exceed 30m2; and
(b)the excavation for the building is no closer to any exposed part of another building or structure than a distance equal to the depth of the excavation plus one metre.
3. A detached building, having a floor area which does not exceed 15m2, which contains no sleeping accommodation.E+W
The extension of a building by the addition at ground level of—
(a)a conservatory, porch, covered yard or covered way; or
(b)a carport open on at least two sides;
where the floor area of that extension does not exceed 30m2, provided that in the case of a conservatory or porch which is wholly or partly glazed, the glazing satisfies the requirements of F2[F3Part K4, K5.1, K5.2, K5.3, and K5.4] [F2Part N] of Schedule 1.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 2 Class 7 substituted (W. in relation to excepted energy buildings) (8.6.2018) by The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (Excepted Energy Buildings) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/558), regs. 1(2), 14 (with reg. 29)
F3Words in Sch. 2 Class 7 substituted (E., but only in relation to excepted energy buildings in W.) (6.4.2013) by The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3119), reg. 28, Sch. 1 (with regs. 1(3), 45-47) (as amended by S.I. 2013/181, reg. 5, Sch.) [Editorial note: This amendment no longer applies at all in relation to W. from 8.6.2018]
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