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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Cross Heading: Class N – hard surfaces for schools, colleges, universities or hospitals.
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N. Development consisting of—
(a)the provision of a hard surface within the curtilage of any school, college, university or hospital to be used for the purposes of that school, college, university or hospital; or
(b)the replacement in whole or in part of such a surface.
N.1 Development is not permitted by Class N if—
(a)the cumulative area of ground covered by a hard surface within the curtilage of the site (other than hard surfaces already existing on 6th April 2010) would exceed 50 square metres;
(b)as a result of the development, any land used as a playing field at any time in the 5 years before the development commenced and remaining in this use could no longer be so used; or
(c)the development would be within the curtilage of a listed building.
N.2 Development is permitted by Class N subject to the following conditions—
(a)where there is a risk of groundwater contamination, the hard surface is not made of porous materials; and
(b)in all other cases, either—
(i)the hard surface is made of porous materials, or
(ii)provision is made to direct run-off water from the hard surface to a permeable or porous area or surface within the curtilage of the institution.
O. For the purposes of Part 7—
“industrial building” means a building used for the carrying out of an industrial process and includes a building used for the carrying out of such a process on land used as a dock, harbour or quay for the purposes of an industrial undertaking and land used for research and development of products or processes, but does not include a building on land in or adjacent to and occupied together with a mine;
“office building” means a building used for any purpose within Class B1(a) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order (offices);
“registered nursery” and “state-funded school” have the meanings given in paragraph X of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use);
“school”—
includes a building permitted by Class C of Part 4 (temporary buildings and uses) to be used temporarily as a school, from the date the local planning authority is notified as provided in paragraph C.2(b) of Part 4;
except in Class M (extensions etc for schools), includes premises which have changed use under Class S of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use) to become a state-funded school or registered nursery; and
includes premises which have changed use under Class T of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use) to become a state-funded school or registered nursery; and
“warehouse” means a building used for any purpose within Class B8 (storage or distribution) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order but does not include a building on land in or adjacent to and occupied together with a mine.
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