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

Class A – extensions etc of [F1 commercial, business or service premises] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A heading substituted (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), 6(2)(a) (with Sch.)

Permitted development E+W

A.  The extension or alteration of a [F2 commercial, business or service] establishment.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A substituted (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), 6(2)(b) (with Sch.)

Development not permitted E+W

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

(a) the gross floor space of the original building would be exceeded by more than—

(i) in respect of an original building or a development on—

(aa) article 2(3) land, or

(bb) a site of special scientific interest,

25% or 50 square metres (whichever is the lesser);

(ii) in any other case, 50% or 100 square metres (whichever is the lesser);

(b) the height of the building as extended would exceed 4 metres;

(c) any part of the development (other than an alteration)—

(i) is on land which—

(aa) adjoins other premises which are used for a purpose falling within any of the classes in Part C (residential premises or institutions) of [F3 Schedule 1] to the Use Classes Order,

(bb) is article 2(3) land, or

(cc) is a site of special scientific interest, and

(ii) is within 2 metres of any boundary of the curtilage of the premises;

(d) the development would be within the curtilage of a listed building;

(e) any alteration would be on article 2(3) land;

(f) the development would consist of or include the construction or provision of a verandah, balcony or raised platform;

(g) any part of the development would extend beyond [F4 the front of any existing building] ;

(h) the development would involve the insertion or creation of a new shop front or the alteration or replacement of an existing shop front; or

(i) the development would involve the installation or replacement of a security grill or shutter on a shop front.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.1(c)(i)(aa) substituted (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), 6(2)(c)(i) (with Sch.)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.1(g) substituted (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), 6(2)(c)(ii) (with Sch.)

Conditions E+W

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

(a) any alteration is at ground floor level only;

(b) any extension is, in the case of article 2(3) land, constructed using materials which have a similar external appearance to those used for the building being extended; and

(c) any extension or alteration is only to be used as part of, or for a purpose incidental to, the use of the [F5 commercial, business or service] establishment.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.2(c) substituted (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), 6(2)(d) (with Sch.)

Interpretation of Class A E+W

A.3  For the purposes of Class A—

[F6 “raised platform” means a platform with a height greater than 0.3 metres,] and

[F6 “ commercial, business or service premises ” means a building, or part of a building, used for any purpose within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order and includes buildings with other uses in other parts as long as the other uses are not within the parts being altered or extended;]

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 7 Class A para. A.3 substituted (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), 6(2)(e) (with Sch.)

and where 2 or more original buildings are within the same curtilage and are used for the same undertaking, they are to be treated as a single original building in making any measurement.