(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order adds a new Part 39 to Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. Part 39 grants planning permission in respect of certain development which is necessary for the purposes of housing poultry and other captive birds to protect them from avian influenza. The extent and nature of the development permitted are subject to limitations. Where Part 39 applies to the development, no specific application for planning permission is needed. Planning permission is instead granted by Part 39, subject to conditions requiring notification to the local planning authority and removal of the development once the need for it has ended or by 21 March 2008 whichever is the sooner.