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The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
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Class G – chimneys, flues etc on a dwellinghouseE+W
Permitted developmentE+W
G. The installation, alteration or replacement of a chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe on a dwellinghouse.
Development not permittedE+W
G.1 Development is not permitted by Class G if—
(a)permission to use the dwellinghouse as a dwellinghouse has been granted only by virtue of Class M, N, P [F1, PA] or Q of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use);
(b)the height of the chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe would exceed the highest part of the roof by 1 metre or more;F2...
(c)in the case of a dwellinghouse on article 2(3) land, the chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe would be installed on a wall or roof slope which—
(i)fronts a highway, and
(ii)forms either the principal elevation or a side elevation of the dwellinghouse [F3; or]
[F4(d)the dwellinghouse is built under Part 20 of this Schedule (construction of new dwellinghouses).]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class G para. G.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
F2Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class G para. G.1(b) 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), 11(a)
F3Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class G para. G.1(c) 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), 11(b)
F4Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Class G para. G.1(d) 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), 11(c)
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