The Building Regulations 2010

CLASS 3 E+W

Greenhouses and agricultural buildings E+W

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