SCHEDULE 2Permitted development rights

PART 16Communications

Class D – driver information systems

Permitted developmentD

The installation, alteration or replacement of system apparatus by or on behalf of a driver information system operator.

Development not permittedD

Development is not permitted by Class D if—

a

in the case of the installation, alteration or replacement of system apparatus other than on a building or other structure—

i

the ground or base area of the system apparatus would exceed 1.5 square metres; or

ii

the system apparatus would exceed a height of 15 metres above ground level; or

b

in the case of the installation, alteration or replacement of system apparatus on a building or other structure—

i

the highest part of the apparatus when installed, altered, or replaced would exceed in height the highest part of the building or structure by more than 3 metres; or

ii

the development would result in the presence on the building or structure of more than 2 microwave antennas.

ConditionsD

Development is permitted by Class D subject to the following conditions—

a

any system apparatus is, so far as practicable, sited so as to minimise its effect on the external appearance of any building or other structure on which it is installed; and

b

any system apparatus which is no longer needed for a driver information system is removed as soon as reasonably practicable.

Interpretation of Class DD

For the purposes of Class D—

  • “driver information system operator” means a person granted an operator's licence under section 10 of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (operators' licences) M1; and

  • “system apparatus” has the meaning assigned to that term by section 8(6) of that Act (definitions of driver information systems etc.).