The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015

Class B – additions etc to the roof of a dwellinghouse E+W

Permitted development E+W

B.  The enlargement of a dwellinghouse consisting of an addition or alteration to its roof.

Development not permitted E+W

B.1  Development is not permitted by Class B if—

(a) permission to use the dwellinghouse as a dwellinghouse has been granted only by virtue of Class [F1 G,] M, [F2 MA,] N, P [F3 , PA] or Q of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use);

(b) any part of the dwellinghouse would, as a result of the works, exceed the height of the highest part of the existing roof;

(c) any part of the dwellinghouse would, as a result of the works, extend beyond the plane of any existing roof slope which forms the principal elevation of the dwellinghouse and fronts a highway;

(d) the cubic content of the resulting roof space would exceed the cubic content of the original roof space by more than—

(i) 40 cubic metres in the case of a terrace house, or

(ii) 50 cubic metres in any other case;

(e) it would consist of or include—

(i) the construction or provision of a verandah, balcony or raised platform, or

(ii) the installation, alteration or replacement of a chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe; F4 ...

(f) the dwellinghouse is on article 2(3) land [F5 ; F6 ... ]

[F7 (g) the dwellinghouse is built under Part 20 of this Schedule (construction of new dwellinghouses)] [F8 ; or

(h) the existing dwellinghouse has been enlarged in reliance on the permission granted by Class AA (enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeys).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B1(a) inserted (1.8.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/814), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(c) (with Sch.)

F2 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.1(a) inserted (21.4.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/428), arts. 1(1), 4(c) (with art. 15(3))

F3 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.1(a) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/332), arts. 1, 9

F4 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.1(e) omitted (1.8.2020) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(2), 6(a)(i)

F5 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.1(f) substituted (1.8.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(2), 6(a)(ii)

F6 Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.1(f) omitted (31.8.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/755), arts. 1, 3(3)(a)

F7 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.1(g) inserted (1.8.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(2), 6(a)(iii)

F8 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.1(h) and word inserted (31.8.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/755), arts. 1, 3(3)(b)

Conditions E+W

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

(a) the materials used in any exterior work must be of a similar appearance to those used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwellinghouse;

(b) the enlargement must be constructed so that—

(i) other than in the case of a hip-to-gable enlargement or an enlargement which joins the original roof to the roof of a rear or side extension—

(aa) the eaves of the original roof are maintained or reinstated; and

(bb) the edge of the enlargement closest to the eaves of the original roof is, so far as practicable, not less than 0.2 metres from the eaves, measured along the roof slope from the outside edge of the eaves; and

(ii) other than in the case of an enlargement which joins the original roof to the roof of a rear or side extension, no part of the enlargement extends beyond the outside face of any external wall of the original dwellinghouse; and

(c) any window inserted on a wall or roof slope forming a side elevation of the dwellinghouse must be—

(i) obscure-glazed, and

(ii) non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed.

Interpretation of Class B E+W

B.3  For the purposes of Class B, “ resulting roof space” means the roof space as enlarged, taking into account any enlargement to the original roof space, whether permitted by this Class or not.

[F9 B.4   For the purposes of paragraph B.2(b)(ii)— E+W

(a) roof tiles, guttering, fascias, barge boards and other minor roof details overhanging the external wall of the original dwellinghouse are not to be considered part of the enlargement; and

(b) “rear or side extension” includes an original part of, or a subsequent extension of, the dwellinghouse that extends from the rear or side of the principal part of the original dwellinghouse.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class B para. B.4 substituted (1.8.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/632), regs. 1(2), 6(b)