EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (“the GPDO”). The GPDO provides, for the purposes of section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8), for the granting of permission for certain classes of development without the requirement for a planning application to be made under Part 3 of that Act. The classes of permission, together with their accompanying conditions, limitations and restrictions, are set out in Schedule 2 to the GPDO.

Article 2 inserts a new right, which expires on 1st January 2022 and is subject to other specified limitations and restrictions, to provide moveable structures within the curtilage, and for the purposes, of—

a

a building used as a public house, wine bar, drinking establishment or drinking establishment with expanded food provision,

b

a building used for the sale of food and drink to visiting members of the public where consumption of that food and drink is mostly undertaken on the premises, or

c

a listed building operated as a historic visitor attraction.

An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.